Millions have fallen in love with Jennifer Worth's experiences in the East End as chronicled in Call the Midwife but little is known about her life outside this period. Now, in this moving and evocative memoir, Jennifer's sister Christine takes us from their idyllic early years to the cruelty and neglect they suffered after their parents divorced, from Jennifer being forced to leave home at fourteen to their training as nurses.
After leaving nursing, Jennifer took up a career in music, her first love, and Christine became a sculptor, though for both women the past cast a long shadow. Through marriages and children, joy and heartbreak, their lives remained intertwined and The Midwife's Sister is an absorbing testimony to an enduring bond between two extraordinary women.