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The evening standard it is fashionable, these days, to criticise the welfare state for undermining peoples. I do realize i read the third book before this book, but in reality, it doesnt really matter that much. Jenkins who went to the workhouse after her husbands death had left her unable to provide for her five children, all of whom died in the workhouse before reaching adulthood. I love the show call the midwife and as soon as i found out it was based on books i thought theyd be worth looking at. Shadows of the workhouse by jennifer worth biographies. Shadows of the workhouse by jennifer worth free epubmobiebooks. Jennifer worth was a nurse, midwife, ward sister and night sister from 1953 until 1973. Shadows of the workhouse is a 2005 book by british author jennifer worth 19352011. For, although, the institutions were officially abolished in 1930, in reality many did not close until several decades later.