Call the Midwife Call the Midwife: Shadows of the Workhouse, (Paperback)

from rainpebble

Call the Midwife: Shadows of the Workhouse by Jennifer Worth; (4*); This Worth memoir would have been another 5 star read for me if it had not been quite so repetitive of 'workhouse knowledge' covered in the first memoir. But I can understand that there were possibly readers for whom time had pas...

from Christina_E_Mitchell

The terror people inflict on others........... Some lovely and some heartbreaking stories of the poor who lived through the days of the workhouses in London.

from gakgakg

Excellent audio book. Made me feel like a very lucky person to be born in the time and place I was (even though I complain about being in a cube all day and our male-dominated society it still beats having to live in poverty and enslavement). If you watch the Call the Midwife series you'll recogn...

from RubyScarlett

I thought this installment wasn't as polished as the first (too much of it was fictional) but it was still a fantastic, if harrowing, read. Jennifer's prose and sharp mind will get you through any story and I love the conclusions she makes about what she witnesses. I can't wait to read the last p...

from mahallett

this seemed sadder than the first one, more about death than birth. some people have such sad lives. i find sister monica joan tedious. is she popular?