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Call the midwife : shadows of the workhouse Cover Image Book Book

Call the midwife : shadows of the workhouse

Worth, Jennifer 1935-2011 (Author).

Summary: The second book in Jennifer Worth's memoir trilogy - the basis for the PBS series - about an English midwife's experiences in London's East End in the 1950s. In this poignant follow-up, Worth shares more memories of the unforgettable women, men, and children of her beloved East End, focusing on the poorest of the poor driven to turn to the brutal workhouse.

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  • ISBN: 0062270044 (sc.)
  • ISBN: 9780062270047 (sc.) :
  • Physical Description: 294 p. ; 21 cm.
    print
  • Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Ecco/HarperCollins, [2013], c2005.

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General Note:
Second work in the author's trilogy, Call the midwife.
"Volume 2"--Cover.
"Companion to the PBS series"--Cover.
"First published in Great Britain in 2005 by Merton Books" --T.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 294).

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Subject: Worth, Jennifer -- 1935-2011
Midwives -- England -- London -- Biography
Childbirth -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century
Poverty -- England -- London
Poor -- England -- London
Nuns -- England -- London
East End (London, England) -- Social conditions -- 20th century

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