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S'està carregant… Shadows of the Workhouse (2005)de Jennifer Worth
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Unlike the first Call the Midwife book, this one had just 3 main storylines. They were not directly related to midwifery, either (other than that the writer experienced them during the time she was a midwife). It was slower-paced than the first book, too. There were still some fascinating insights into East London life in the 1950s. ( ) Didn't enjoy it as much as Call the Midwife; there weren't any anecdotes about midwifery in this one. It's clear, though, that Jennifer Worth had a gift for listening to and remembering the stories of the people in her life, and she did a fine job of retelling them. As you can guess by the title, the subject matter was on the depressing side. The stories were gripping, but I'm hoping she gets back to tales of being in a midwife in the next book. Second book in the series of books that the tv show "Call the Midwife" is based upon. Where in the first book each chapter told the story of a different delivery, this book focused more on the people in the east end of London. There were three parts, the first about Frank, his sister Peggy and their friend Jane, all who had spent their childhood in a workhouse. The second part was about Sister Monica Joan and her trial for theft. The last part was about Joe Collett, an elderly gentleman that Jenny befriends. The book was very enlightening when it came to describing the workhouses and the circumstances of their creation and life inside them. I have also learned a lot about the Cockney speech and even though I still can't say that I understand it, some of it, such as Cockney Rhyming Slang, is actually starting to make sense! Another instalment in the Midwife series. This time focused on the appalling conditions of the workhouses and the poor that lived there. I found this book to be much sadder given the stories of the people who have no choices in life. Profound real life account of how people lived in horrible conditions. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
Pertany a aquestes sèriesMidwife Trilogy (2)
Biography & Autobiography.
Medical.
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HTML: The sequel to Jennifer Worth's New York Times bestselling memoir and the basis for the PBS series Call the Midwife When twenty-two-year-old Jennifer Worth, from a comfortable middle-class upbringing, went to work as a midwife in the direst section of postwar London, she not only delivered hundreds of babies and touched many lives, she also became the neighborhood's most vivid chronicler. Woven into the ongoing tales of her life in the East End are the true stories of the people Worth met who grew up in the dreaded workhouse, a Dickensian institution that limped on into the middle of the twentieth century. Orphaned brother and sister Peggy and Frank lived in the workhouse until Frank got free and returned to rescue his sister. Bubbly Jane's spirit was broken by the cruelty of the workhouse master until she found kindness and romance years later at Nonnatus House. Mr. Collett, a Boer War veteran, lost his family in the two world wars and died in the workhouse. Though these are stories of unimaginable hardship, what shines through each is the resilience of the human spirit and the strength, courage, and humor of people determined to build a future for themselves against the odds. This is an enduring work of literary nonfiction, at once a warmhearted coming-of-age story and a startling look at people's lives in the poorest section of postwar London. .No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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