Call the midwife series, bk2 Shadows Of The Workhouse: The Drama Of Life In Postwar London
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Book
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ISBN 10
1780225113
ISBN 13
9781780225111
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Publication Year
2013
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294p. ; 20cm.
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In the 1950s, Jennifer Worth was a district midwife in East London. She worked with an order of nursing nuns, learning how to cope with midwifery in slum conditions. In the course of her training she met many interesting characters, whose stories are told in this book. When the workhouses of Britain officially closed in 1930, there was nowhere for inmates to go. So workhouses merely changed their names and carried on much the same as before. The conditions, rules and lifestyle that continued to be endured by the residents cast their shadows and shame over most of the last century. From the tragic history of dithering Jane, to the larger than life Sister Monica Joan, "the naughtiest old lady" the author had ever met, this is a collection of fascinating lives. - from Amzon
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Includes bibliographical references
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