Call the Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times
Jennifer Worth
(Author)
Nicola Barber
(Read by)
Description
At the age of twenty-two, Jennifer Worth leaves her comfortable home to move into a convent and become a midwife in post war London's East End slums. The colorful characters she meets while delivering babies all over London--from the plucky, warm-hearted nuns with whom she lives to the woman with twenty-four children who can't speak English to the prostitutes and dockers of the city's seedier side--illuminate a fascinating time in history. Beautifully written and utterly moving, Call the Midwife will touch the hearts of anyone who is, and everyone who has, a mother.
Product Details
Price
$41.99
$39.05
Publisher
HighBridge Audio
Publish Date
August 28, 2012
Dimensions
5.3 X 6.7 X 0.6 inches | 0.25 pounds
Language
English
Type
MP3 CD
EAN/UPC
9781665160179
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About the Author
Jennifer Worth (1935-2011) trained as a nurse at the Royal Berkshire 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 twenty-five years. Her books have all been bestsellers in England.
Nicola Barber is an Audie Award-winning narrator whose voice can be heard in television and radio commercials and popular video games such as World of Warcraft. Nicola is also an Audie nominee in the prestigious Solo Female Narration category for her work on Murphy's Law by Rhys Bowen and Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth. Nicola has performed on the stage in New York City and at a number of top regional theaters in the U.S. Film/TV highlights include The Nanny Diaries with Scarlett Johansson, and Law & Order's 2009 season premiere. Originally from England, Nicola currently resides in New York-a multicultural background that enables her to bring a broad range of accents and characterizations to her role as a full-time voice-over actor.
