Farewell to the East End
By: Jennifer Worth ; clinical editor, Terri Coates.
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9780297844655
Subjects: Worth, Jennifer, -- 1935-; Childbirth -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century; Midwives -- England -- London -- Biography; East End (London, England) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Genres: Biography
Description: This final book in Jennifer Worth's memories of her time as a midwife in London's East end brings her story full circle. As always there are heartbreaking stories such as the family devastated by tuberculosis and the strange life of a ship's woman.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 321).