Shadows Of The Workhouse
the drama of life in postwar london
$24.62
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
30 June 2009
Summary
In this follow-up to Call the Midwife, Jennifer Worth, a midwife working in the docklands area of East London in the 1950s, tells more stories about the people she encountered.
There’s Jane, who cleaned and generally helped out at Nonnatus House. She was taken to the workhouse as a baby and was allegedly the illegitimate daughter of an aristocrat. Peggy and Frank’s parents both died within six months of each other, and the children were left destitute. At the time, there was …
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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“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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