Loved the book as did our book club members. Really captures that era and what it was like to live in tenements with extended family, lack of birth control and the different birthing experiences for many different women of different life experiences and class standings.

Jennifer Worth was able to give very insightful descriptions of life in the east end of London in the 1950s. Through her various stories she was able to convey her own reactions to the events unfolding around her. As she came to understand and love the people she interacted with, so do we as readers. The obstetrical cases are amazing as well.

Amazing what women went thru and the way times have changed

Although my book club read the first of the trilogy, several of us read all three books and watched the PBS series. We were all interested in the state of prenatal and delivery care in the 1950's and the terrible poverty these people faced.

Great book! checked a few times to be sure I was Not reading fiction!

We agreed that watching the made for tv shows along with reading the book(s) is the way to go.

Told me how lucky I am to live in this day & age. Pretty barbaric living.

A memoir of a midwife's experiences in London in the 1950's in the dockland area. Tells her story being a midwife in many challenging and interesting situations. Although each situation is serious, she adds humor occasionally to lighten the overall story.

The memoirs of Jennifer Worth draw on the beauties of the east end of 1950s London, not the hardships. It is wonderful, we can learn from its history today