Call the Midwife: Ruf des Lebens
2002 • 399 pages

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Average rating4.1

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The highest-rated drama in BBC history, Call the Midwife will delight fans of Downton Abbey Viewers everywhere have fallen in love with this candid look at post-war London. In the 1950s, twenty-two-year-old Jenny Lee leaves her comfortable home to move into a convent and become a midwife in London's East End slums. While delivering babies all over the city, Jenny encounters a colorful cast of women—from the plucky, warm-hearted nuns with whom she lives, to the woman with twenty-four children who can't speak English, to the prostitutes of the city's seedier side. An unfortgettable story of motherhood, the bravery of a community, and the strength of remarkable and inspiring women, Call the Midwife is the true story behind the beloved PBS series, which will soon return for its sixth season.


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3 primary books

#1 in The Midwife Trilogy

The Midwife Trilogy is a 3-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 2002 with contributions by Jennifer Worth.

#1
Call the Midwife: Ruf des Lebens
#2
Shadows of the Workhouse
#3
Farewell to the East End

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The book is interesting, unfortunately it's written by the world's judgiest woman

June 4, 2023
August 13, 2016

More a set of short stories than a cohesive plot, this book was interesting, but a bit graphic especially with a detailed (somewhat unbelievable) brothel scene.

March 14, 2018