Call the Midwife: Shadows of the Workhouse

Biography & Autobiography
Call the Midwife: Shadows of the Workhouse

Author: Jennifer Worth

Publisher: Ecco

ISBN: 0062270044

Category: Biography & Autobiography

Page: 304

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The sequel to Jennifer Worth's New York Times bestselling memoir and the basis for the PBS series Call the Midwife When twenty-two-year-old Jennifer Worth, from a comfortable middle-class upbringing, went to work as a midwife in the direst section of postwar London, she not only delivered hundreds of babies and touched many lives, she also became the neighborhood's most vivid chronicler. Woven into the ongoing tales of her life in the East End are the true stories of the people Worth met who grew up in the dreaded workhouse, a Dickensian institution that limped on into the middle of the twentieth century. Orphaned brother and sister Peggy and Frank lived in the workhouse until Frank got free and returned to rescue his sister. Bubbly Jane's spirit was broken by the cruelty of the workhouse master until she found kindness and romance years later at Nonnatus House. Mr. Collett, a Boer War veteran, lost his family in the two world wars and died in the workhouse. Though these are stories of unimaginable hardship, what shines through each is the resilience of the human spirit and the strength, courage, and humor of people determined to build a future for themselves against the odds. This is an enduring work of literary nonfiction, at once a warmhearted coming-of-age story and a startling look at people's lives in the poorest section of postwar London.
Call the Midwife: Shadows of the Workhouse
Language: en
Pages: 304

Call the Midwife: Shadows of the Workhouse

Authors: Jennifer Worth
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-01-22 - Publisher: Ecco

The sequel to Jennifer Worth's New York Times bestselling memoir and the basis for the PBS series Call the Midwife When twenty-two-year-old Jennifer Worth, from a comfortable middle-class upbringing, went to work as a midwife in the direst section of postwar London, she not only delivered hundreds of babies and
Shadows Of The Workhouse
Language: en
Pages: 304

Shadows Of The Workhouse

Authors: Jennifer Worth
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-05-14 - Publisher: Hachette UK

A fascinating slice of East End life, from the No.1 bestsellilng author of CALL THE MIDWIFE, soon to be a major BBC TV series. 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
Shadows of the Workhouse
Language: en
Pages: 304

Shadows of the Workhouse

Authors: Jennifer Worth
Categories: East End (London, England)
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher:

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Call The Midwife
Language: en
Pages: 368

Call The Midwife

Authors: Jennifer Worth
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-05-14 - Publisher: Hachette UK

A fascinating slice of social history - Jennifer Worth's tales of being a midwife in 1950s London, now a major BBC TV series. Jennifer Worth came from a sheltered background when she became a midwife in the Docklands in the 1950s. The conditions in which many women gave birth just
The Complete Call the Midwife Stories
Language: en
Pages: 800

The Complete Call the Midwife Stories

Authors: Jennifer Worth
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-11-08 - Publisher: Hachette UK

The East-End stories that inspired the BBC TV series, CALL THE MIDWIFE, in a gorgeous gift box. London's East End in the 1950s was a tough place: the struggles of post-war life - bombsites, overcrowded tenements, crime, brothels - bred a culture of tight-knit family communities, larger-than-life characters and a

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