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2012, c2002., Adult, Penguin Books Call No: Bio W932c Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Call the midwife Volume: bk. 1Summary Note: The Call the midwife trilogy is comprised of Call the midwife : a memoir of birth, joy, and hard times (this book), Shadows of the workhouse (c2005), and Farewell to the East End (c2009). Together, this series chronicles Jennifer Worth's career as a midwife from start to finish, from her arrival in the war-scarred Docklands as a wide-eyed trainee, to the demolition of the tenements and subsequent closure of Nonnatus House. It provides a fascinating snapshot of social history, documenting the East End in the days when there was a real sense of community, when times were tough but there was plenty of good humour and neighbourly support to help the inhabitants through the harsh economic climate.
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-- Call the midwife.2021., 480, BBC Call No: DVD Fic Call 10 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Call The midwife Volume: 10Summary Note: It's 1966, and it's a testing time for the midwives. But there's excitement, too, as the women's rights movement intensifies. With Trixie's help, Sister Julienne is determined to steer Nonnatus House of its financial quandary. Dr. Turner deals with an array of difficult cases including a former soldier involved in nuclear test explosion. Meanwhile, Sister Monica Joan experiences a crisis of faith, and Sister Frances realizes she needs to be a little less spiritual if she's to really connect with the local women. There are some interesting challenges ahead, as well as great celebrations when England wins the World Cup.
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2022., 570 min, BBC Call No: DVD Fic Call 11 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Call the midwife Volume: 11Summary Note: 1967 brings fresh medical and personal challenges to the midwifery and district nursing rounds. Thanks to Matthew2s continued support, things at Nonnatus House are now settled and going well, and Trixie helps Matthew understand the community he is becoming a part of. Doctor Turner faces some changes in his relationship with Timothy now that he is an adult, while Shelagh continues to support community health programs. Across the series, the team faces challenging situations concerning addiction, a baby with a life-threatening condition, breastfeeding difficulties, and a Holocaust survivor.
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-- Call the midwife.[2015]., BBC Call No: DVD Fic Call 4 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Call the midwife Volume: 4Summary Note: Now nearing the 1960s, the community enters a new time of social change, while stories of birth, life and death continue to touch your heart. Will live-wire Nurse Trixie marry her young curate? What new project calls for a heart as big as Chummy's? How will Sister Evangelina react to two new nurses? And why does Sister Julienne appear so unsettled by a mystery benefactor?.
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-- Call the midwife.2019., 570, BBC Call No: DVD Fic Call 8 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Call the midwife Volume: 8Summary Note: A drama about the lives of a group of midwives who care for expectant mothers in the East End of London during the 1950s.
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2020., 505, BBC Studios Call No: DVD Fic Call 9 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Call the midwife Volume: 9Summary Note: The medics and midwives of Nonnatus House encounter new challenges as the population shifts, rules change and old diseases return. Meanwhile, their own experiences are fueled by love, loss and doubt.
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-- Shadows of the workhouse[2013], c2005., Adult, Ecco/HarperCollins Call No: Bio W932c Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Call the midwife Volume: bk. 2Summary Note: The Call the midwife trilogy is comprised of Call the midwife : a memoir of birth, joy, and hard times, (c2002), Shadows of the workhouse (this book, c2005), and Farewell to the East End (c2009). Together, this series chronicles Jennifer Worth's career as a midwife from start to finish, from her arrival in the war-scarred Docklands as a wide-eyed trainee, to the demolition of the tenements and subsequent closure of Nonnatus House. It provides a fascinating snapshot of social history, documenting the East End in the days when there was a real sense of community.