Call the Midwife: True Tales from the East End in 1950s England

Doreen Beattie: Havnt started reading these yet but can't wait I'm sure they will be fantastic just as good as the shows on telly

United Kingdom on Feb 15, 2024

Joy Evans: Love these books! I have watch some of the earliest seasons and was soon fascinated by the stories and characters. Having the visual picture of the characters on the show helped me better relate to them while reading the books. I love these and highly recommend them to anyone.

United States on Feb 01, 2024

Karen Davenport: Love the books series.

United States on Dec 11, 2023

Elizabeth Ervin: Most enjoyable books to read. I loved them all. The history is so interesting and the stories are just great. I find the books absolutely fascinating. They are keepers to read and read again. The tv show is wonderful and the books are just as great.

United States on Oct 23, 2023

Vazquezjs : I bought this set for my mom while I am listening to the audiobooks. She just finished reading and loved them! We are both fans of the PBS tv series but the books get into so much more detail. It’s really interesting to get an understanding of how medical care, midwifery and living conditions were back then. My mom didn’t think she’d like the last book of the letters but found herself really enjoying it.

United States on Sep 10, 2023

john p bower: This was a gift for my better half and she really enjoyed the stories. She would pass on little anecdotes as she read which tells me of her level of enjoyment. A good pairing with the TV series of the same name.

Canada on Apr 02, 2022

kc: I "usually try" and read the book before watching the movie/series because it seems the books story line may be a bit different with additions or omissions. In this circumstance, I started watching the Call the Midwife series and could not stop!
Let me just say that the TV series has done an amazing job of sticking to and growing characters and a storyline. The book series is not made less due to the television "based on" series.
I began to wonder about the book version when Jenny's character made an exit to "work with the dying" .
These are truly memoirs! Jennifer Worth makes you feel as if you are right there with her. I was drawn in to the ups and downs of her days throughout her life over what seemed a short period of time. She shares her heart, her joys, sorrows as she walks through life in the midst of illnesses, disease, and death. And was a part of time when people were learning about the effects of medicine on unborn children, vaccinations and community nursing.
She stands firm in her nursing advocating for her patients, and declares her faith in her days.

My only regret is that she passed away before I could sit and have tea with...

United States on Feb 19, 2022

Lector abierto: A mi esposa y a mi hija les encantaron los libros.

Mexico on Jul 21, 2021

Lese Ratte aus UKLese Ratte aus UK: I bought this book because I have loved the TV series based on the book. I enjoyed the stories and anecdotes about life in the convent, the nuns, the nurses and the situations they encountered. Interesting too, were the descriptions of the extreme poverty and life for thousands next to London's port and docks. A vanished world (I hope).
Some of the stories I could really relate to, as my birth year is not so far from some of periods described in the book.

I have to say it is probably mainly a book for women as it deals with - as the title says -midwifery and therefore babies and births and medical complications as well as women's home lives in the '50s and '60s.

Either you have watched 'Call the Midwife' on TV and you will enjoy the book as a background or you will buy the book and then try and watch the TV series.

I find it heart-warming; it's so nice to watch something where people don't get shot, nothing explodes and people just go about their daily lives and deal with their problems with the help of the midwives and nuns.

Germany on May 22, 2021

Traveldolphin: I m addicted to this serie. I love the historical aspect of the story. It is well documented and very well acted. The characters are touching. It s a very nice and rare fiction about the intimate life of (poor) women in the 50ies to 60ies in London.

France on Sep 01, 2019