The Call the Midwife Chronicles: Real-Life Narratives from East London in the 1950s

Grace: What a great series. I’ve watched the tv adaptation and book is as good. I love that nothing has been changed when it was made into tv it’s exactly the same. I was nervous that this series be all medical terms that I wouldn’t understand but not at all it was basically her diary. ❤️

United Kingdom on Feb 27, 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

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 her.

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

April Nana: I must admit, first I saw Call the Midwife on BBC Entertainment. Unfortunately BBC Entertainment ceased to broadcast to Hungary more than 2 years ago, which I find disagreeable. Then I was given the book by an English friend, Susan, whom I met in Crete.
I read it in paperback first.(One novel) Ihave become more and more eager to get more...Since I have had my Kindle my son helps me to order great variety of reading material, among others I asked Jennifer Worth books. She talks about people in such a style I feel near to me.
I have always been interested in the history of the XX. century, its culture and social circumstances, I love the language. Great Britain, or rather the United Kingdom, or the British Isles and any other English speaking country, their literature interests me.
The 1950s is such an era which seems to be extremely interesting for me.Last but not least I can always study new words, phrases, etc. They are all rereadable masterpieces, it'll be easy on Kindle. I love it.
The book gave me so much emotional and human treasure with its heroes and stories and events, they might become my friednds .I enjoyed reading about the life of these poor or not so...

United States on Oct 19, 2017