{"product_id":"0062270044-call_the_midwife_shadows_of_the_workhouse","title":"Call the Midwife: Shadows of the Workhouse","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe sequel to Jennifer Worth's \u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e bestselling memoir and the basis for the PBS series \u003cb\u003eCall the Midwife\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOrphaned 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMedical Books\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":47601327734974,"sku":"0062270044-4","price":15.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/714WrBNLp1L.jpg?v=1780491611","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0062270044-call_the_midwife_shadows_of_the_workhouse","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}