Call the Midwife: Ruf des Lebens

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.

The power of this story is that it takes you to another world than our modern day, first world lives. A world where mothers have eight children and that's not really a large family. A world where fathers slap mothers around, and their children, too, if they wish. A world where young children just wear shirts and go where they will. A world where a mother can defy a doctor and refuse to go with her 1 1/2 pound premie baby to the hospital. And it wasn't that long ago.