Shadows of the Workhouse (Isis Nonfiction) |
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 | Matthew Parris states in the blurb on the back of the book that reading this made him cry on a crowded train. It managed to make me burst into floods of tears in the middle of Schipol Airport at 6am - not many books manage to make me cry anywhere - let alone in public. It's a wonderfully evocative read, based on Worth's life working as midwife in 1950s London. The fascinatingly detailed descriptions of the housing, the patients, the costermongers and the nuns make the book quite un-put-down-able I found. The story of Sister Monica Joan is poignant yet makes you smile with every other line, whereas the story of Joe is heartbreaking from the off. I can't wait for the next instalment of Worth's memoirs! read more.
Written by Jennifer Worth.
Published 01 January 2007.
Published by Isis Publishing Ltd.
rrp £12.95.
391 pages Paperback.
ISBN: 0753193698
ISBN-13: 9780753193693 | |
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