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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
The second installment in the "Call the Midwife" series that had very little to do with midwives. The book was mostly divided into 3 sections which told the story of 3 different sets of characters that affect the life of Nurse Lee. The details surrounding the difficult lives of each of these characters is heartbreaking but at the same time fascinating.
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Extremely good. I binged all three of these in a matter of days.
emotional
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
sad
slow-paced
Not as good as the previous book in the series, but the individual story towards the end definitely made me tear up quite a bit.
What a great read! I hate that my library copy was the mass-market TV version cover, because that seems to cheapen or "cheesify" a book (esp. since I do judge by covers). At any rate, this book is the second in the "Call the Midwife" series and it was wonderful. For fans of the show (like me) or the previous book, this book contains very little midwifery and not much nursing. It is more a sociological and cultural exploration of poverty, early attempts at social welfare (i.e. The workhouses), and the trauma of war in the poorest parts of London. They just happen to be told from the perspective of a nurse who lived and worked among the poor and their ghosts. Highly recommend!
dark
informative
fast-paced
Read this one in a day, it was so hard to put down. This second book in the series took a different focus than the first. In the first the reader such much more of midwifery and nursing, where in this one the author speaks mostly on the lives of a few different people, and how their lives were effected by the conditions of the time. The first read more like Jenny's own memoir, and the second feels more like a novel with Jenny recounting the lives of others. I had to remind myself occasionally that these were real people. It was a wonderful book, and I nearly cried quite a few times.