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1 online resource (1 audio file (10hr., 15 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
| Series |
Midwife Trilogy ; bk. 2 |
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Worth, Jennifer.
Midwife Trilogy. Spoken word ; bk. 2
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| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Nicola Barber. |
| Summary |
When 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. 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. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Worth, Jennifer, 1935-2011.
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Midwives -- England -- London -- Biography.
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Childbirth -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century.
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Almshouses -- England -- 20th century.
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Poor -- England -- London -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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East End (London, England) -- Biography -- 20th century.
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East End (London, England) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
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East End (London, England) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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| Added Author |
Barber, Nicola, 1978- narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| Added Title |
Shadows of the workhouse |
| ISBN |
9781622313457 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1622313453 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11418159 |
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