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Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth

4 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.

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

kjulie's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

3.75

I’ve loved the BBC Call the Midwife for a long time, and was excited to read the memoir many of their plot lines are based on. As I read this, I found that it was so similar that I felt I’d read it before (but had just seen the episode inspired by the chapter). There are little changes to the events in the show, but I think this is a rare case where I enjoy the show more than the book. I know it’s fictionalized, but the characters make that show, and they adjusted things to highlight each character, where (understandably) Jennifer Worths memoir focuses mainly on her own perspective. Unfortunately, I’ve never really found the character of Jenny Lee (on Call the Midwife BBC) to be very sympathetic or likeable… and this impression didn’t change after reading her stories in her own words. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, and Domestic abuse

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