Shadows of the workhouse

Resource Information

The work Shadows of the workhouse represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Georgetown Peabody Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Shadows of the workhouse

Statement of responsibility

Jennifer Worth

Title variation

Call the midwife

Title variation remainder

shadows of the workhouse

Creator

• Worth, Jennifer, 1935-2011

Subject

• East End (London, England) -- History -- 20th century
• Midwives -- England | London -- Biography
• Worth, Jennifer, 1935-2011
• Childbirth -- England | London -- History -- 20th century

Genre

• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

The Call the midwife trilogy is comprised of Call the midwife (not included here, c2002), Shadows of the workhouse (this book, c2005), and Farewell to the East End (not included here, c2009). Together, this series chronicles Jennifer Worth's career as a midwife from start to finish, from her arrival in the war-scarred Docklands as a wide-eyed trainee, to the demolition of the tenements and subsequent closure of Nonnatus House. It provides a fascinating snapshot of social history, documenting the East End in the days when there was a real sense of community, when times were tough but there was plenty of good humour and neighbourly support to help the inhabitants through the harsh economic climate. The book also enables readers to follow Jennifer's personal story, as she discovers the amazing resilience of a population still bearing the scars of war, and the vibrant community of nuns with whom she lives and who teach her the skills of midwifery. In stories that are funny, disturbing and moving in equal measure, we meet prostitutes and abortionists, bigamists and mischievous nuns, and see Jennifer earn the confidence of people whose lives are often stranger than fiction

Member of

• Call the midwife, bk. 2
• Call the midwife trilogy

Biography type

autobiography

Cataloging source

VAJ

Index

no index present

LC call number

HV4086.L66

LC item number

W67 2013

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Call the midwife trilogy ;