Shadows Of The Workhouse

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 ian 2012

A fascinating slice of East End life in postwar London, from the bestselling author of "Call The Midwife". Worth, who was a midwife working in the docklands area, tells more stories of people struggling in the face of tremendous poverty and deprivation, from the workhouse baby reputedly the illegitimate daughter of an aristocrat to the eccentric 90-year old nun accused of shoplifting.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780753825853
ISBN-10: 0753825856
Pagini: 304
Ilustrații: ill
Dimensiuni: 130 x 196 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: Orion Publishing Group
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Descriere

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 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 6 months of each other and the children were left destitute. At the time, there was no other option for them but the workhouse.

The Reverend Thornton-Appleby-Thorton, a missionary in Africa, visits the Nonnatus nuns and Sister Julienne acts as matchmaker. And Sister Monica Joan, the eccentric ninety-year-old nun, is accused of shoplifting some small items from the local market. She is let off with a warning, but then Jennifer finds stolen jewels from Hatton Garden in the nun's room. These stories give a fascinating insight into the resilience and spirit that enabled ordinary people to overcome their difficulties.

Notă biografică

Jennifer Worth was a nurse, midwife, ward sister and night sister from 1953 until 1973, working mainly in London. Her first passion was - and still is - music, and she is a Fellow of the London College of Music. She taught piano and singing for about twenty-five years and still sings in choirs all over England and Europe. She has been married for forty-five years and has two daughters and three grandchildren.

Recenzii

"a heartfelt, moving, witty book that vividly depicts this lost world with all its vicissitudes and its many joys"
Be warned, it's a real tear-jerker - but it also makes you very grateful for the life we have today. Woman 20120227

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