5.0

This book brilliantly combined stories of joy, stories of pain, and stories of the colourful characters of Nonnatus House in equal measures, linked together with an incredibly subtle 'coming-of-age' thread. I chose to read this book because I enjoyed the BBC series so much, and I have to say it exceeded my expectations, adding a new dimension to the stories we see on-screen with additional commentary on the sociology of the East End in the 1950s which is not possible in television.