Shadows of the Workhouse by Jennifer Worth
Shadows of the Workhouse by Jennifer Worth I knew nothing about London workhouses until the few brief mentions of it on Call the Midwife, so I was excited to learn more about their creation from this book. It made me think a lot about how so many seemingly devious social situations began with the best of intentions. Workhouses were legitimately started as a place of refuge for the poverty-stricken Londoners. And then it turned into a prison. And while it's easy to hate th
Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth
Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth I am completely obsessed with PBS' series Call the Midwife. As the new season doesn't start until late March, I was jonesing for some tales from London's East End. And as I had a shiny new Audible credit just sitting there for me to use, I decided to listen to Jennifer Worth's memoir of her time as a midwife with the sisters of St. Raymund Nonnatus. As any reader knows, it's rare that the movie/show gets the book right. Although I have go
