Shadows of the Workhouse
- 书名：Shadows of the Workhouse
- 作者： Jennifer Worth
- 格式：EPUB,AZW3,MOBI
- 时间：2024-07-13
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- ISBN：9780753825853
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 lives of the poor in 1950s London, of the shadow of the workhouse that always hung over their lives but also of the resilience and spirit that enabled ordinary people to overcome their difficulties.
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Cheryl06-23比起Call the Midwife里更多的温馨有爱，这本看的全是心酸。
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闻夕felicity07-10①惊现Billingsgate②作者总是一脸淡定地讲出那个年代那个地方让我五雷轰顶的事情，比如由于住房紧缺，兄弟姐妹睡一个床，乱伦非常常见，连修女都睁只眼闭只眼了……③记述伦敦东区小人物的故事，读来让人时而爆笑时而泪目时而叹息。社会达尔文主义下的济贫院里从未让最弱势的人写下他们的故事，作者的回忆弥补了这些渺小但却伟大的历史。
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雨后初晴06-08We’ve taken so much for granted.
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