Call the Midwife: Farewell to the East End

· Call the Midwife Trilogy Book 3 · Harper Collins
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The last book in the trilogy begun by Jennifer Worth's New York Times bestseller and the basis for the PBS series Call the Midwife

When twenty-two-year-old Jennifer Worth, from a comfortable middle-class upbringing, went to work as a midwife in the poorest section of postwar London, she not only delivered hundreds of babies and touched many lives, she also became the neighborhood's most vivid chronicler. Call the Midwife: Farewell to the East End is the last book in Worth's memoir trilogy, which the Times Literary Supplement described as "powerful stories with sweet charm and controlled outrage" in the face of dire circumstances.

Here, at last, is the full story of Chummy's delightful courtship and wedding. We also meet Megan'mave, identical twins who share a browbeaten husband, and return to Sister Monica Joan, who is in top eccentric form. As in Worth's first two books, Call the Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times and Call the Midwife: Shadows of the Workhouse, the vividly portrayed denizens of a postwar East End contend with the trials of extreme poverty—unsanitary conditions, hunger, and disease—and find surprising ways to thrive in their tightly knit community.

A rich portrait of a bygone era of comradeship and midwifery populated by unforgettable characters, Call the Midwife: Farewell to the East End will appeal to readers of Frank McCourt, Katherine Boo, and James Herriot, as well as to the fans of the acclaimed PBS show based on the trilogy.

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4.7
43 reviews
A Google user
November 4, 2017
A very touching recount of times past in the East End, London captured vividly through the eyes of a tempered sole so that those lives who touched others, were not forgotten.
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Zoie Unger
January 6, 2023
I love call the midwife it's an awesome show and I just finished all the seasons in one go and I love Trixie and I love nurse Anderson and I definitely love sister Monica Joan she is so wise and kind like a grandmother ❤️ and I definitely watched all the seasons in one go
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Brian Lager (Sandylns)
March 8, 2014
This is an outstanding book. Not just for the insight into the lives of Londoners, but, also for a peep at history in the making. This a social history told with love and passion. Many thanks to the author.
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About the author

Jennifer Worth trained as a nurse at the Royal Berk-shire Hospital in Reading, and was later ward sister at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital in London, then the Marie Curie Hospital, also in London. Music had always been her passion, and in 1973 she left nursing in order to study music intensively, teaching piano and singing for about twenty-five years. Jennifer died in May 2011 after a short illness, leaving her husband, Philip; two daughters; and three grandchildren. Her books have all been bestsellers in England.

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