The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times

Jennifer Worth, a twenty-two-year-old midwife in the East End slums of post-World War II London, moves into a convent at the age of twenty-two. A fascinating period in history is illuminated by the diverse personalities she encounters while delivering babies all across London, from the strong, kind nuns she stays with to the mother who has twenty-four children who cannot speak English to the prostitutes and dockers of the seedier side of the city.

The Midwife is a beautifully written and profoundly affecting book that will resonate with everybody who is or has ever been a mother.