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chelsayoder's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this. I love the show and the book was followed quite well. I really love that the book taught me so much about life in the east end during the 50's. I think her book is really quite raw and honest about things, and I feel so thankful to live as I do. It's always nice to have things put in perspective now and then.
cerisecarrot's review against another edition
5.0
Conditions were incredible when you consider it was less than a lifetime ago.
bethswantz's review against another edition
3.0
This story wheels us back to the 1950s and the East End of London. Through a memoir of her time as a midwife, Worth introduces us to the perils and joys of life in a nunnery helping deliver babies in the poor parts of London - a London still rebuilding after WWII. The homes are teaming with children and laundry and mothers and the docks are swarming with hard working men. Worth is not a nun - but rather a nurse focusing on midwifery. And Nonnus house is the perfect place to learn.
The chapters tell the stories of a wide variety of families - including one where mom only speaks Spanish and dad English. They have clearly figured out how to make it work - they have 25 children. The youngest is a baby born so premature he only weighed 1 and 1/2 pounds - at home - and he survived!
I am not always a fan of memoirs - they sometimes meander across the years backward and forward more like a conversation than a story. This one behaved itself! I felt like I had a front row seat at a time of life that I am rather happy not to have lived through!
I want to be sure to watch the PBS adaptation!
The chapters tell the stories of a wide variety of families - including one where mom only speaks Spanish and dad English. They have clearly figured out how to make it work - they have 25 children. The youngest is a baby born so premature he only weighed 1 and 1/2 pounds - at home - and he survived!
I am not always a fan of memoirs - they sometimes meander across the years backward and forward more like a conversation than a story. This one behaved itself! I felt like I had a front row seat at a time of life that I am rather happy not to have lived through!
I want to be sure to watch the PBS adaptation!
ashtrae's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
saanaart's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
beereads88's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.75