Shadows of the workhouse
by Jennifer Worth
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In the follow up to her bestselling Call the Midwide, Jennifer Worth tells the true stories of the people she met. There's Peggy and Frank, who were separated in the workhouse when their parents died. Until Frank's strength and determination enabled him to make a home for his sister. Jane was a bright, lively child, whose spirit was broken by cruelty, until she found kindness and love later in life. Then there is the matchmaking nun, Sister Julienne, and Sister Monica Joan, who ends up in the High Court ...
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Poor, Social life and customs, Poverty, Midwives, Childbirth, Biography, History, London (england), biography, London (england), history, Poor, england, london, London (england), social life and customs, Women, biography, Almshouses, Social conditions, Midwifery, Economic conditionsPeople
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Shadows of the workhouse: the drama of life in postwar London
2013, Phoenix, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
in English
1780225113 9781780225111
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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"--Cover.
Originally published: Twickenham: Merton Books, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references,
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