Shadows of the Workhouse

Worth, Jennifer

ISBN 10: 1622313445 ISBN 13: 9781622313440

Casa editrice: Highbridge Co, 2014

Riassunto

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.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.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Highbridge Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1622313445
• ISBN 13: 9781622313440
• Rilegatura: Audio CD
• Numero di pagine: 615