The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times by Jennifer WorthMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
3.0/5.0 - Jennifer Worth's memoir formed the basis for the PBS series "Call the Midwife." The book, of course, focused primarily on Nurse Lee, who I did not find to be a sympathetic character. She is immature, finding some of the people she served repulsive in the beginning. As the book progresses, she does begin to mature and starts to understand their humanity. I give the author props for being able to present herself in such an honest manner. I did enjoy the descriptions of the various births, the problems they encountered, the joys and sorrows that resulted from them. The nuns from Nonnatus House were portrayed as caring, down-to-earth, and at times, very funny. It was interesting to see a snapshot of life in the 1950s in this neighborhood of London, where large families lived together in one or two rooms, men worked long hours on the docks, and women were tied to the home raising the many children, for contraception hadn't yet become easy and accepted. The book wasn't bad, but the series was much better.
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