num_pages: 427
description: Jennifer Worth documents her experiences as a nurse and ward sister treating patients who were nearing the end of their lives. Interspersed with these stories from Jennifer's post-midwife career are the histories of her patients from the family divided by a decision nobody could bear to make to the mother who comes to her son's adopted country and joins his family without being able to speak a word of English.
language: English
title: In the Midst of Life
publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson