Like so many readers, I have come to these books through the television series - but I think this one is a book too far. It seems disjointed and rather flung together - not a patch on the careful structure of earlier books. Perhaps it is a catch-all, to make sure that nothing goes to waste, but I wouldn't recommend this as a good sample of Jenny's otherwise beautiful writing.

I could not finish the book in the end.

I really enjoyed this one.

Well worth a read - this volume is a mixture of perhaps predictable but always touching fan letters and their replies, essential additional memories from Jennifer of her youth, and some miscellaneous writings. Most entertaining of all for me were the passages about Jenny's time in France - no spoilers, but you will be amazed at some of what went on! But the true stories contributed by those of her fans who had done similar work come a close second.One cannot deny the part religion played in Jenn...

An absolutely different kind of book, but thoroughly enjoyable reading. I never thought I would like reading other prople’s letters, but after reading all of the Midwife books and seeing the series on tv I was hooked on the letters as well. Jennifer Worth was truly a remarkable woman.

I have fallen in love with this author. She creates a beautiful world which I found myself quickly becoming lost in. I would highly recommend.

I love books of an autobiographical nature and so learning a little of the life of Jennifer Worth and of the way her books have touched the hearts of many and caused them to recount their own memories of East London in the 1950s was excellent to read. It certainly kept my interest and has even prompted me to ask my own mother about her early days. I have already read 'Call the midwife' and shall definitely be getting the remainder of her books.

I really don't watch a great deal of television drama. I work strange hours in my job as a Community Development Worker, often having evening meetings that finish quite late and I never seem to be at home on the same evening each week. However, I watched the first episode of Call The Midwife and was hooked. I have no idea why, I'm not a mother, I've never been interested in nursing, or in being a nun! There's just something about the programme that entrances me for the full hour that it is on.Wh...

I loved the call the midwife series in print after I first enjoyed the television series.Jennifer Worths writing is breathtaking. It feels as if she was narrating the story while having a cup of tea.I didn't know she was going to Africa to be part of Albert Schweitzers team. Neither did i know any details about her time in Paris. It seems to me she had a very interesting life.The letters by the readers were equally moving. The story of the London community was just so heart warming.I wish there

After having read all the books in the Midwife series I had high hopes for this book. However, I found it a bit boring and it smacked of the publisher's desire to add more books to the series even though the author has now passed away.I won't read it again.

Beautiful warm letters from Worth's fans and return letters from her. Great addition to her "Call the Midwife" trilogy.

This is a nice companion to the "Call the Midwife" series and a perfect addition to the library of any Jennifer Worth fan. In it, Worth's family compiles years of touching correspondence Worth received in early 2000s, when her books were first published. The book also contains Worth's previously unpublished writing about being a nanny in Paris in the post-war 1950s. She gives interesting insight into that time in her life, and what Paris itself was like at the time -- probably unrecognizable com...

This book is a collection of correspondence to and from the author Jennifer Worth about her books and her life. While it was interesting to read peoples reactions to the stories she told, I found myself really missing the stories of her Midwife Trilogy. The only letters in the book that caught my eye were the letters from the nun that her Sister Julienne character is based on. I also enjoyed the introduction by her husband, daughters and grandchildren; their stories about their late wife, mother...

The atypical contents of this book make it tricky to categorise. Copyrights are owned by many contributors; of which the late Mrs Worth is the linch pin, the best known. Those who have read and enjoyed the late Mrs Jennifer Worth’s ‘Call the Midwife’ books will enjoy this book; others may find it less satisfying. It is a book that celebrates Life, of relationships old and new, and change. Here is a bringing and coming together of strangers’ letters and memories of shared experiences, and of a he...

I have read and loved the first three books by this author. They are a memoir, beginning with her time as a young nurse midwife in London after WWII. There is a fourth that I have not yet read. She has a way of capturing characters from her past that truly brings them to life on the page. Unfortunately, this book is made up mostly of letters that people wrote to her telling her about their personal connections to people and places that are in the previous books. Apparently the author never threw...

Brilliant book! So sad Jennifer died before I knew of her books, I would've written to her also.

Description: I have enjoyed all of Jennifer Worth’s books and this is the fifth book in her series. I was so please to be able to review this book. This is a lovely book with letters from people who loved her books and wanted to tell Jennifer this. There are also personal touches from people they knew at that time, areas of Poplar and the east end. Although this is titled as letters, there is also are really interesting section of Jennifer’s life in 50s Paris and good descriptions of post war Pa...

I'm reading two Jennifer Worth books right now. The other one is In the Midst of Life which is very depressing as it's all about death. This one, published after her pwn death, has a long (read: goes on and on) introduction by "the Worth family". Hagiography more like. The only thing that is mysterious about Jennifer Worth, if this portrayal of her is correct, is that she wasn't made a Dame, given a tiara and a halo and we all knelt down to smell the soles of her feet which were probably scented...

Letters to the Midwife is a collection of letters from fans of the much loved BBC show, Call the Midwife, to the beloved Jennifer Lee Worth. Only, they're not really "fan letters" as much as they are pieces of Jennifer's history, the backbone of her life's work as a midwife/nurse. From people she worked with, babies whom she helped deliver, parents she'd helped, relatives of those who may have been mentioned...the list goes on.Do you need to read this in order to enjoy the three memoirs she wrot...

I got stuck with my self imposed Christmas themed reads for Advent/Christmas, and picked up this book which I had found for my Mum at a car boot earlier last year.I enjoy the BBC TV series based on Jennifer Worth's trilogy of her experiences as a Midwife in the Docks Area and East End of London during the 1950s and 1960s, and the books they are based on, they are addictive reading.I wasn't sure about this book but I raced through it, I tried to ration myself to so many pages a day but epically f...