Biography: The final installment in the three-volume work that chronicles the author's life as a midwife in London's East End offers portraits of how the city's poorest citizens were able to thrive in their tightly knit community.

"First published in Great Britain in 2009 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson"--Title page verso. "Companion to the PBS series"--Cover. "Volume 3"--Cover.

Youth's a stuff will not endure -- Three men went into a restaurant -- Trust a sailor -- Cynthia -- Lost babies -- Soot -- Nancy -- Megan'mave -- Meg the gyspy -- Mave the mother -- Modonna of the pavement -- The fight -- The master's arms -- Tuberculosis -- The master -- The mistress - The angels -- Too many children -- The abortionist -- Back-street abortions -- Stranger than fiction -- The captains daughter -- On the shelf -- The wedding -- Taxi! -- Adieu -- Fairwell to the East End.