ohladysamantha 's review for:

Shadows of the Workhouse by Jennifer Worth

4.0

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I really had no idea about how awful the workhouses in England were.... like I had an idea due to my cursory knowledge of Dickens but, whoa. The cruelty humans can put on others in the name of “progress” or “social order” is harrowing.

Also there’s more Sister Monica Joan shenanigans in this one.

The final story is just so beautiful, detailing Jenny’s friendship with an elderly man who’s life has been touched by war at every point.