Shadows Of The Workhouse
the drama of life in postwar london
$24.64
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
30 June 2009
Summary
Echoes of the East End: More Tales from a Midwife
In this compelling follow up, Jennifer Worth, a midwife in the 1950s East London docklands, continues to share remarkable stories of the lives she touched.
There’s Jane, a Nonnatus House helper, raised in the workhouse with a rumored aristocratic lineage. Meet Peggy and Frank, siblings orphaned and forced into destitution, their only refuge the harsh workhouse. The Reverend Thornton-Appleby-Thorton, a missionary from Africa, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753825853 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0753825856 |
| Author: | Jennifer Worth |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 30 June 2009 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 28mm |
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Critics Review
“There’s sadness, suffering, humour, strength and survival in this fascinating book”
Be warned, it’s a real tear-jerker - but it also makes you very grateful for the life we have today. - Woman
About The Author
Jennifer Worth
Jennifer Worth trained as a nurse at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, and was later ward sister at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital in London, then the Marie Curie Hospital, also in London. Music had always been her passion, and in 1973 she left nursing in order to study music intensively, teaching piano and singing for about twenty-five years. Jennifer died in May 2011 after a short illness, leaving her husband Philip, two daughters and three grandchildren. Her books have all been bestsellers.
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