

An edition of Call the Midwife (2002)
Shadows of the Workhouse
By Jennifer Worth
Publish Date
2013
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Language
eng
Pages
400
Description:
A memoir of the author's experiences as a nurse and certified midwife in 1950's London. She worked in the poor sections of the Easy End, and lived in a convent with nuns and other lay nurse/midwives. The nuns belonged to an Anglican order which was dedicated to bringing modern nursing/midwifery skills to the poor.
subjects: London's East End 1950s, midwifery, memoir
People: Nuns of Nonnatus (fictitious name)
Times: 1950's