Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth

5 reviews

teravannoy's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Blood, Domestic abuse, Grief, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, and Abortion

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Sexual assault

This book shares details of childbirth, but the stories of prostitution were more unsettling.

its_van_vulpen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Classism, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Grief, Medical content, Blood, Abandonment, and Abortion

lolatarantula's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Infidelity, Rape, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Grief, Cursing, Excrement, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Abortion, Alcoholism, Classism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Addiction

em_gordon's review against another edition

informative inspiring medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, Pregnancy, Abortion, and Sexual content

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Miscarriage

waytoomanybooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

This book was full of sensitive reflections and life lessons that Jenny Worth learned when she was a midwife in England in the 1950s, 1960s, & 1970s. It was heartfelt and moving. And yes, much like the show, I did cry a few times!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, and Violence