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Challoners grammar school in amersham, buckinghamshire, england, jennifer trained as a nurse and began working as a midwife in london. Jennifer worth came from a sheltered background when she became a midwife in the docklands in the 1950s. Nicola is also an audie nominee in the solo female narration category for her work on. The first edition of the novel was published in 2002, and was written by jennifer worth. I worried, as i always do, that the differences between the media might lessen my enjoyment. May 31, 2011 worth, born jennifer lee while her parents were on holiday in clactononsea, essex, was raised in amersham, buckinghamshire. Nicola barber is an audie awardwinning narrator whose voice can be heard in television and radio commercials and popular video games such as world of warcraft. Jennifer worth 19352011 trained as a nurse at the royal berkshire hospital in reading, england. Philip worth and jennifer lee were married in central london on the last saturday of march, 1962. Farewell to the east end is the last book in worths memoir trilogy, which the times literary supplement described as powerful stories with sweet charm and controlled outrage in the face of dire circumstances. Jul 06, 2011 jennifer worth, who has died of cancer aged 75, was the author of the call the midwife trilogy, based on her experiences as a nurse in the east end of london in the 1950s. Leaving a middleclass childhood to become a midwife in londons poor east end, jennifer worth not only delivered babies, she touched numerous lives and recounted with depth the heartrending story of a neighborhood in transition. A fascinating slice of social history jennifer worths tales of being a midwife in 1950s london. The complete call the midwife stories, true stories of the east end.
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