Shadows of the Workhouse: The Drama of Life in Postwar London

Excellent book, well worth listening too. The narrator was very good and the stories were heartbreaking, but gripping. Jennifer Worth is wonderful woman with the gift of writing.

Great narration, wonderful writing and excellent book :)
This was my first non self help book I've listened to and I wasn't disappointed, I can't wait to listen to more Jennifer Worth books :)

If like me you have listened to and enjoyed Call the Midwife, you might be expecting the same sort of sad but ultimately uplifting cosy listening from this book. Be warned - this is not the same book! The stories are invariably harrowing and distressing, though the same thread of love and friendship continues. I'm not sure what they cut out to make this abridged version, was it more or less hardship and suffering? Maybe it was the general everyday life as Jennifer Worth experienced it at Nunatis House, which I feel was lacking in this book. I tend to listen in bed (so may have fallen asleep for parts) but don't remember there being any context for some of the stories, especially about young children, which I'm sure were based on real life but it was hard to understand how these had come to be related to Jennifer Worth.
Nevertheless it was once again a valuable insight into a completely different world, thankfully one that has long-since passed in this case. I don't regret buying the book.
The reading is sensitive and nuanced but a little slow, with some slightly strange accents in parts.

fantastic book can not wait to read hear another war time midwife book 5 stars all the way

After reading call the midwife I continued straight onto this book. The narration was extremely easy to listen to due to the soft paced manner it was read in. Description of the people and places again took you into the book as if standing there yourself.
True accounts of the horrific lives of children in a workhouse to an elderly man ending up in the workhouse building many years later when converted into to an 'old peoples home' are simpy heart breakIng and I honestly had many tears whilst listenIng to this book.
Very much recommend but with the advanced warning to have tissues close by.

wonderful narration. fantastic story. could listen over and over again. Thank you Jennifer. rest in piece.

Brilliant read from start to finish!
Recommend it too everyone can't wait to read the next book!

Couldn't put it down. Brilliant memories of hardship suffered by ordinary people. very touching & poignant!

A truly memorable book, superbly read. Having grown up in an orphanage myself, it brought back memories which had me in tears. You'll need a box of tissues handy, but it's the most moving book I've had the privilege of listening to.