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SHADOWS OF THE WORKHOUSE: THE DRAMA OF LIFE IN POSTWAR LONDON
Jennifer Worth
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Description for SHADOWS OF THE WORKHOUSE: THE DRAMA OF LIFE IN POSTWAR LONDON
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 304 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPG; BM; HBTB; MQD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 302.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
W&n
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780753825853
SKU
V9780753825853
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99
About Jennifer Worth
Jennifer Worth trained as a nurse at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, and was later ward sister at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital in London, then the Marie Curie Hospital, also in London. Music had always been her passion, and in 1973 she left nursing in order to study music intensively, teaching piano and singing for about 25 years. Jennifer ... Read more
Reviews for SHADOWS OF THE WORKHOUSE: THE DRAMA OF LIFE IN POSTWAR LONDON
Be warned, it's a real tear-jerker - but it also makes you very grateful for the life we have today.
Woman
Woman