Call the midwife: Shadows of the workhouse
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Pub. Date:
2005
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First U.S. edition
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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.
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Almshouses
Almshouses -- England -- 20th century
Childbirth
Childbirth -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century
East End (London, England) -- 20th century -- Biography
East End (London, England) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
East End (London, England) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Economic conditions
History
Midwives
Midwives -- England -- London -- Biography
Poor
Poor -- England -- London
Poor -- England -- London -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Poplar (London, England) -- Social life and customs
Poverty
Poverty -- England -- London
Social conditions
Social life and customs
Worth, Jennifer
Worth, Jennifer, -- 1935-2011
Almshouses -- England -- 20th century
Childbirth
Childbirth -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century
East End (London, England) -- 20th century -- Biography
East End (London, England) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
East End (London, England) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Economic conditions
History
Midwives
Midwives -- England -- London -- Biography
Poor
Poor -- England -- London
Poor -- England -- London -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Poplar (London, England) -- Social life and customs
Poverty
Poverty -- England -- London
Social conditions
Social life and customs
Worth, Jennifer
Worth, Jennifer, -- 1935-2011
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