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Call the Midwife: Shadows of the Workhouse电子书

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作       者:Worth, Jennifer

出  版  社:Ecco

出版时间:2013-01-01

字       数:44.1万

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The sequel to Jennifer Worth's New York Times bestselling memoir and the basis for the PBS series Call the MidwifeWhen 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. Orphaned brother and sister Peggy and Frank lived in the workhouse until Frank got free and returned to rescue his sister. Bubbly Jane's spirit was broken by the cruelty of the workhouse master until she found kindness and romance years later at Nonnatus House. Mr. Collett, a Boer War veteran, lost his family in the two world wars and died in the workhouse. 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.
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Dedication

Contents

Part I: Workhouse Children

Nonnatus House

The Rise of the Workhouse

Jane

Sir Ian Astor-Smaleigh

A Day to Remember

Frank

Billingsgate

A Coster Lad

Peggy

Till Death Us Do Part

And the Meek Shall Inherit the Earth

Part II: The Trial of Sister Monica Joan

Sister Monica Joan

PhossyJaw

Monopoly

Aunt Anne

Recreation Hour

The Trial

Part III: The Old Soldier

Mr Joseph Collett

Young Joe

The Recruiting Sergeant

Army Life

South Africa 1899–1902

France 1914–1918

London 1939–1945

The Shadow of the Workhouse

The Last Post

Epilogue

Further Reading

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Praise for Jennifer Worth

Books by Jennifer Worth

Copyright

About the Publisher

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