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Author:
George Bradshaw
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Old House Books
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Author:
Jennifer Worth
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Phoenix
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Author:
Sophie Hayes
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HarperCollins
Heâd been her friend for years. He said he loved her. Then she realised she didnât know him at allâ¦When everything seemed to be falling apart in Sophieâs life, she was thankful for her friend Kas, who was always at the end of a phone, ready to listen and to offer comfort and advice.Her fatherâs cold dislike of her and then her parentsâ divorce had left her with a deep distrust of men. But, gradually, Kas made her believe there was at least one man who truly cared about her.But she was wrong.At first when Sophie went to stay for a few days with Kas in Italy, he was kind and caring, as heâd always been. But three days after she arrived, ev...
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Author:
Julie Cantrell
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David C. Cook
Just a girl. The only one strong enough to break the cycle.
In Depression-era Mississippi, Millie Reynolds longs to escape the madness that marks her world. With an abusive father and a "nothing mama," she struggles to find a place where she really belongs.
For answers, Millie turns to the Gypsies who caravan through town each spring. The travelers lead Millie to a key that unlocks generations of shocking family secrets. When tragedy strikes, the mysterious contents of the box give Millie the tools she needs to break her family's longstanding cycle of madness and abuse.
Through it all, Millie experiences the thrill of first love while fi...
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Author:
Jennifer Worth
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Phoenix
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Author:
Jennifer Worth
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Jennifer Worth came from a sheltered background when she became a midwife in the Docklands in the 1950s. The conditions in which many women gave birth just half a century ago were horrifying, not only because of their grimly impoverished surroundings, but also because of what they were expected to endure. But while Jennifer witnessed brutality and tragedy, she also met with amazing kindness and understanding, tempered by a great deal of Cockney humour. She also earned the confidences of some whose lives were truly stranger, more poignant and more terrifying than could ever be recounted in fiction. Attached to an order of nuns who had been working in the slums since the 18...
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Author:
Jennifer Worth
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Phoenix
This final book in Jennifer Worth's memories of her time as a midwife in London's East end brings her story full circle. As always there are heartbreaking stories such as the family devastated by tuberculosis and a ship's woman who 'serviced' the entire crew, as well as plenty of humour and warmth such as the tale of Megan'mave, two women who shared the same husband! Other stories cover backstreet abortions, the changing life of the docklands, infanticide, as well as the lives of the inhabitants of Nonnatus House. We discover what happens with the gauche debutant Chummy and her equally gauche policeman; will Sister Monica Joan continue her life of crime?; will Sister Evan...
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Author:
Jennifer Worth
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Phoenix
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Author:
Jennifer Worth
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Orion
In this follow up to CALL THE MIDWIFE, Jennifer Worth, a midwife working in the docklands area of East London in the 1950s tells more stories about the fascinating people she encountered. There's the story of Jane who cleaned and generally helped out at Nonnatus House - she was taken to the workhouse as a baby and was allegedly the illegitimate daughter of an aristocrat. Peggy and Frank's parents both died within 6 months of each other and the children were left destitute. At the time, there was no other option for them but the workhouse. The Reverend Thornton-Appleby-Thorton, a missionary in Africa, comes to visit the Nonnatus nuns and Sister Julienne acts as matchmaker....
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Author:
Mark Stevens
Broadmoor Revealed gives the reader a glimpse behind the walls of Englandâs first Criminal Lunatic Asylum.
Focused on the Victorian period, the book tells the stories of some of the hospitalâs best-known patients. There is Edward Oxford, who shot at Queen Victoria, and Richard Dadd, the brilliant artist and murderer of his father. There is also William Chester Minor, the surgeon from America who killed a stranger in London, and then played a key part in creating the world's finest dictionary. Finally, there is Christiana Edmunds, âThe Chocolate Cream Poisonerâ and frustrated lover.
To these four tales are added new ones, previously unknow...
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