Jennifer Worth - Shadows of the Workhouse / East End.

Jennifer Worth - Shadows of the Workhouse / East End.

Phoenix / 9781407228051 / 2009 paperback in goede staat. Engelstalig. Zwart-wit foto*s.

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 resilience and spirit that enabled ordinary people to overcome their difficulties.

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