Shadows of the workhouse
By: Jennifer Worth
Series: Call the Midwife; Call the Midwife
Publisher: Phoenix; Orion; PHOENIX
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9781407228051; 9780753825853
Subjects: Poor; Midwives; Manners and customs; Poverty; Social life and customs
Description: 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 ...
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.