Fans of Jennifer Worth’s bestselling Call The Midwife series will love this compelling book by Dot May Dunn, a trainee midwife working in London’s war-torn slums in the 1950s.
Living and working under the supervision of the strict Mrs O’Reilly, Dot has to complete her training by undertaking 12 deliveries. Using her trusty bicycle, she rides to women in need; helping birth a baby for brothel-worker Mrs Maloney and the superstitious West family, who are desperate for a boy, and many other women. Then just when Dot is certain that midwifery is her calling, fate deals her an unexpected hand …
Twelve Babies On A Bike is a nostalgic social history peopled with interesting and genuine characters.