The Birth of Love has four interwoven storylines about characters in different times, past, present and future. The common theme is birth.
Another novel about childbirth is [[The Birth House by Ami McKay]], and Jennifer Worth’s memoirs about working as a midwife in 1950s East London, [[Shadows Of The Workhouse: The Drama Of Life In Postwar London by Jennifer Worth|Shadows of the Workhouse]] and [[Farewell To The East End by Jennifer Worth|Farewell to the East End]], are highly recommended.