Helen George
Author
Language
English
Description
In a story of remarkable perseverance, Helen Joy writes a memoir of her unusual childhood, her mental breakdown at age 31, and how she fought for a year to stay alive in the mental healthcare system. Yellow Tulips is filled with the ugly truth that is mental healthcare in this country, but is beautifully woven with threads of hope, family, and resilience. This book is a must read for those who want to love others better.
Through her personal experience...
Series
Publisher
[distributed in the USA and Canada by] Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Season Two continues to follow Jenny and the other midwives as they deal with all the problems the neighborhood of Poplar has to throw at them. A fascinating portrayal of birth, life, death and a community on the brink of huge social change, Call the Midwife offers a gripping insight into a way of life that is so drastically different from how we live now.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
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?
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
A moving, intimate, funny, and true-to-life look at the colorful stories of midwifery and families in East London in the '50s. Based on the bestselling memoirs of the late Jennifer Worth. When Jenny Lee first arrives in Poplar, she knows nothing about hardship, poverty, and life itself. But Jenny is brought up to speed fast once she joins a team of midwives who provide care to the poorest women.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
With Nonnatus House scheduled for demolition, Jenny, Chummy, and Sister Julienne search for a new location nearby, while Jenny2s relationship with Alec continues to blossom. But an outbreak of polio affects the nurses and nuns more than they could have imagined.
Author
Series
Call the Midwife volume 1
Language
English
Description
The team reunites but all is not well when a change of management shakes up Nonnatus House.
Author
Series
Call the Midwife volume 3
Language
English
Description
A Chinese first-time mother faces an unexpected crisis.
Author
Series
Call the Midwife volume 6
Language
English
Description
Valerie Dyer oversees the care of an expectant Somali woman.
Author
Series
Call the Midwife volume 4
Language
English
Description
An expectant mother buckles under the strains of pregnancy, as Tom provides pastoral care.
Author
Series
Call the Midwife volume 7
Language
English
Description
The legacy of thalidomide becomes apparent and Nurse Crane faces an unexpected crisis.
Author
Series
Call the Midwife volume 2
Language
English
Description
An explosion at the docks brings heartache to the people of Poplar.
Author
Series
Call the Midwife volume 8
Language
English
Description
The midwives open a family planning clinic and Tom and Barbara have a wedding to plan.
Author
Series
Call the Midwife volume 5
Language
English
Description
Nonnatus House welcomes a new recruit, Nurse Valerie Dyer.
Author
Series
Call the Midwife volume 4
Language
English
Description
The pressures of modern Britain reach Poplar as a hospital secondment and a difficult birth raise moral questions for Sister Julienne. Trixie and Tom help a family breaking apart under the pressure of a son's dreams for the future.
Author
Series
Call the Midwife volume 3
Language
English
Description
A disease outbreak brings back bad memories for Patsy, while Sister Winifred is forced to reconsider her prejudices when dealing with a mother-to-be. Barbara faces a dilemma when Tom asks her to dinner.
Author
Series
Call the Midwife volume 1
Language
English
Description
Easter, 1961. The nuns and midwives are shaken by the birth of a baby with severe, unexplained deformities. Meanwhile, Trixie begins teaching her brand new fitness classes, but an embarrassing incident for one member of her group makes her question the relationship between women and their bodies.