The Resource Call the midwife : a memoir of birth, joy, and hard times, Jennifer Worth
Call the midwife : a memoir of birth, joy, and hard times, Jennifer Worth
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- Summary
- At the age of twenty-two, Jennifer Worth leaves her comfortable home to move into a convent and become a midwife in post war London's East End slums. The colorful characters she meets while delivering babies all over London - from the plucky, warm-hearted nuns with whom she lives to the woman with twenty-four children who can't speak English, to the prostitutes and dockers of the city's seedier side - illuminate a fascinating time in history
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 11 audio discs (12 hr.)
- Note
-
- Subtitle from container
- Unabridged
- Compact disc
- Duration: 12:00:00
- Isbn
- 9781611749267
- Label
- Call the midwife : a memoir of birth, joy, and hard times
- Title
- Call the midwife
- Title remainder
- a memoir of birth, joy, and hard times
- Statement of responsibility
- Jennifer Worth
- Title variation
- Midwife
- Subject
-
- trueWorth, Jennifer, 1935-2011
- Audiobooks
- Childbirth -- England | London -- History -- 20th century
- trueBooks to TV
- trueIndependence in women
- trueChildbirth
- trueMidwifery
- trueMidwives
- trueHome birth
- Midwives -- England | London -- Biography
- East End (London, England) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- trueScience Writing -- Medicine | Doctors and Nurses
- trueLife stories -- Science, technology, and medicine | Healthcare professionals
- trueEast End, London, England
- trueLondon, England
- trueWomen -- Social conditions
- trueNuns
- trueFemale friendship
- Worth, Jennifer, 1935-2011
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- truePoverty
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- At the age of twenty-two, Jennifer Worth leaves her comfortable home to move into a convent and become a midwife in post war London's East End slums. The colorful characters she meets while delivering babies all over London - from the plucky, warm-hearted nuns with whom she lives to the woman with twenty-four children who can't speak English, to the prostitutes and dockers of the city's seedier side - illuminate a fascinating time in history
- Summary
- Reflects on the experiences of Jennifer Worth as a midwife in London's postwar East End, including the nuns from whom she learned her craft and the interesting and challenging births she aided during her career
- Accompanying matter
- historical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10227236
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1935-2011
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Worth, Jennifer
- Dewey number
- 618.20092
- Format of music
- not applicable
- Literary text for sound recordings
- biography
- Music parts
- not applicable
- PerformerNote
- Read by Nicola Barber
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1978-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Barber, Nicola
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Call the midwife trilogy
- Series volume
- 0001
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Worth, Jennifer
- Midwives
- Childbirth
- East End (London, England)
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a memoir of birth, joy, and hard times
- Transposition and arrangement
- not applicable
- Label
- Call the midwife : a memoir of birth, joy, and hard times, Jennifer Worth
- Note
-
- Subtitle from container
- Unabridged
- Compact disc
- Duration: 12:00:00
- Capture and storage technique
- unknown
- Carrier category
- audio disc
- Carrier category code
- sd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20243340
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Extent
- 11 audio discs (12 hr.)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781611749267
- Isbn Type
- (library ed.)
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Media category
- audio
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- s
- Other physical details
- digital, stereophonic
- Publisher number
- 794924
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)z1york b1437057
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
- Label
- Call the midwife : a memoir of birth, joy, and hard times, Jennifer Worth
- Note
-
- Subtitle from container
- Unabridged
- Compact disc
- Duration: 12:00:00
- Capture and storage technique
- unknown
- Carrier category
- audio disc
- Carrier category code
- sd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20243340
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Extent
- 11 audio discs (12 hr.)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781611749267
- Isbn Type
- (library ed.)
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Media category
- audio
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- s
- Other physical details
- digital, stereophonic
- Publisher number
- 794924
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)z1york b1437057
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
Subject
- Audiobooks
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueBooks to TV
- trueChildbirth
- Childbirth -- England | London -- History -- 20th century
- East End (London, England) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- trueEast End, London, England
- trueFemale friendship
- trueHome birth
- trueIndependence in women
- trueLife stories -- Science, technology, and medicine | Healthcare professionals
- trueLondon, England
- trueMidwifery
- trueMidwives
- Midwives -- England | London -- Biography
- trueNuns
- truePoverty
- trueScience Writing -- Medicine | Doctors and Nurses
- trueWomen -- Social conditions
- trueWorth, Jennifer, 1935-2011
- Worth, Jennifer, 1935-2011
Genre
- Audiobooks
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueBiography
- trueBooks to TV
- trueLife stories
- trueScience Writing
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