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SHADOWS OF THE WORKHOUSE
by
JENNIFER WORTH
Książka używana, w języku angielskim Stan książki: bdb, zawiera zdjęcia
Oprawa: miękka
Ilość stron: 294
Rok wydania: 2009
"a heartfelt, moving, witty book that vividly depicts this lost world with all its vicissitudes and its many joys" (GOOD BOOK GUIDE )
'These are powerful stories delivered with sweet charm and controlled outrage.'
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 lives of the poor in 1950s London, of the shadow of the workhouse that always hung over their lives but also of the resilience and spirit that enabled ordinary people to overcome their difficulties.
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