Shadows of the Workhouse by Jennifer Worth

Shadows of the Workhouse

The Midwife Trilogy #2

Jennifer Worth

294 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced

Description

The follow-up to the "New York Times" bestseller "Call the Midwife," now a PBS hit series.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 n...

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Moods

emotional 85%
informative 85%
reflective 60%
sad 58%
inspiring 33%
dark 30%
challenging 26%
hopeful 23%
adventurous 5%
funny 5%
lighthearted 3%
relaxing 3%
tense 1%

Pace

medium 60%
slow 25%
fast 14%

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