Call the Midwife. A True Story of the East End in the 1950s
af Jennifer Worth
349 sider
2012
engelsk
eg.
god
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The conditions in which many women gave birth just half a century ago were horrifying, not only because of their grimly impoverished surroundings, but also because of what they were expected to endure. But while Jennifer witnessed brutality and tragedy, she also met with amazing kindness and understanding, tempered by a great deal of Cockney humour. She also earned the confidences of some whose lives were truly stranger, more poignant and more terrifying than could ever be recounted in fiction. Attached to an order of nuns who had been working in the slums since the 1870s, Jennifer tells the story not only of the women she treated, but also of the community of nuns and the camaraderie of the midwives with whom she trained. Funny, disturbing and incredibly moving, Jennifer's stories bring to life the colourful world of the East End in the 1950s.
En virkelig interessant selvbiografi. Worth beskriver tingene som de rent faktisk var. Intet bliver 'glossed over', men samtidig får vi også beskrivelser af de gode ting. Virker som en beskrivelse af East End som det virkelig var. Det gode og det dårlige.
Regner med at læse resten af forfatteren East End biografier
Siden d. 4. august 1996 har jeg skrevet ned hver gang jeg har læst en bog, og er startet forfra med nr 1 hver den 4. august. Da det efterhånden er ved at være en del notesbøger, har jeg besluttet, at fra d. 4. august 2008 går over til blog i stedet for notesbog
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