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Nonnatus House began in 1879, and ended in 1978. For 99 years, its nurses, nuns, and midwives served the Poplar community. This is the third part of the author‘s memoir of her time there. Here are stories of patients and of the nuns and midwives; some of them very tragic. A reminder that deep inequities still exist and the only way to change it is through the lens of Reproductive Justice.

In this memoir, Nurse Jennifer focuses on other people around her, and not so much midwifery. The tragedies of the Workhouse, Sister Monica Joan‘s thievery, and a special veteran. This second book is full of sad things but is a reminder that our greatest reward is in being of service to others. Love and compassion, always.

Based on the hit BBC show of the same name, this is the first of several memoirs of midwifery in Poplar, England, in the 1950s. Nonnatus House isn‘t a real place but it is named after a 13th century Saint, Raymond Nonnatus. Here, Jennifer shares the humbling experiences she had while working as a midwife and living with nuns.Life was hard and inequities rampant. During this time, forced sterilization, the lack of contraception, lack of access to⬇️

Book 3 of Call the Midwife trilogy! Now I am anxious to see the Netflix series…fascinating characters, setting, and tales.

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The first half was tough to read-mistreated, brutalized orphans, siblings being separated, and the life of those who stayed at the workhouses😫

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I enjoyed this book far far more than Shadows of the Workhouse. Again, I was really surprised to realise that some of the stories, like Megan‘mave, that I know from the tv show are real stories. I feel quite sad to be at the end of this trilogy now which I didn‘t think I would be after struggling through the second book.

I found the first part of this book quite hard work to read which coincidentally is the part about the workhouse. I found the second and third parts about sister Monica-Joan and Mr Collett much better and read these parts much quicker. It‘s awful to think that all of it was true and happened in the last 100-120 years. Again it was amazing to see so much of the tv was true!

I love watching Call the Midwife and so I thought I would give this book a go to see how it differed. I was so shocked at how much of the book had been put into the show and I was even more shocked that parts of the show were real. Parts were hard to read, because knowing that it is her account of life as a Midwife in the East End it made the hardship they were going through more awful than it would have been had it been fiction.

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So many in this one! 😅 Also a great TV series!

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