Captivating Book

Another Great Read!!!

If you follow my blog at all, you know how I like to read. And, it is crazy, but I am NUTS over Non Fiction. I am a former Social Worker and Counselor. I get my passion and "buz" on life by learning about real life stories. It really is true that Life is Stranger that Fiction!!

So, my next book that I must give MAJOR kudos to is "The Midwife" by Jennifer Worth. This book is a 1950's account of the life as a Midwife in The East End Docks of London. Admist Immense Poverty and a Rough Culture, Worth gives detailed account of her days as a young midwife, delivering babies of the local Cockney's and saving the lives of mothers.

The story is both humorous and heartbreaking. From the life of the impoverished, the local prostitutes, and the select few "upper" class, it seems that pregnancy did not show regard to class in the East End in 1950! Each mother was left to litterally "bear" her own burden, in her home, minus modern day technologies and pain relievers, all with equal outcome of new life balanced with the possibility of death and devestation to both baby and mother.

The Midwife is captivating - one of those "can't put it down" types of books. I have spent enjoying the past week, with my last waking moments with eyes glued on the text as I slowly drift off to sleep. My days have been spent living life as it is today, with the fresh reminder of the East End of the 1950's not far from my conscious. The line of my real life and "The Midwife" has truely been blurred over the last week. Now THAT'S when you know you have a good book!

A must read! Pick up "The Midwife" and then lets talk about it!!

~ Jodi ~