Книга: Worth Jennifer «Shadows of the Workhouse: The Drama of Life in Postwar London»
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Производитель: "Orion Books" 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. ISBN:978-0-7538-2585-3 Издательство: "Orion Books" (2009)
ISBN: 978-0-7538-2585-3 |
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| Shadows Of The Workhouse | 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… — Orion Books, - Подробнее... | бумажная книга | ||
| Call The Midwife. A True Story Of The East End In The 1950s | Jennifer Worth came from a sheltered background when she became a midwife in the Docklands in the 1950s. The conditions in which many women gave birth just half a century ago were horrifying, not… — Orion Books, - Подробнее... | бумажная книга | ||
| Call The Midwife. A True Story Of The East End In The 1950s | Jennifer Worth came from a sheltered background when she became a midwife in the Docklands in the 1950s. The conditions in which many women gave birth just half a century ago were horrifying, not… — Orion Books, Подробнее... | бумажная книга |
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