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angelinaactually 's review for:
Call the Midwife: Shadows of the Workhouse
by Jennifer Worth
There was far less condescension in this installment, as the author focused more on telling the personal stories of four individuals encountered in her young career. There was less of her own POV and experience, so there were fewer opportunities for her to interject with the snobbishness that was rampant in the first book in the series. to As such, I enjoyed this second book more than the first! This one was both heartbreaking and beautiful. It gave me a lot to think about, as the author prompted readers to consider both the "positives" and negatives of such institutions as the workhouse, the military, and social services in 1900s England. I hope the final book is more of the same, though I'm not hopeful as it seems to be more about the author's own personal experience.