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1 .Shadows of the workhouse / Jennifer Worth.
Worth, Jennifer, 1935-2011
1st U.S. ed.
New York : Ecco/HarperCollins, c2005.
Summary: When twenty-two-year-old Jennifer Worth, from a comfortable middle-class upbringing, went to work as a midwife in the direst section of postwar London, she not only delivered hundreds of babies and touched many lives, she also became the neighborhood's most vivid chronicler. Woven into the ongoing tales of her life in the East End are the true stories of the people Worth met who grew up in the dreaded workhouse, a Dickensian institution that limped on into the middle of the twentieth century. Orphaned brother and sister Peggy and Frank lived in the workhouse until Frank got free and returned to rescue his sister. Bubbly Jane's spirit was broken by the cruelty of the workhouse master until she found kindness and romance years later at Nonnatus House. Mr. Collett, a Boer War veteran, lost his family in the two world wars and died in the workhouse. Though these are stories of unimaginable hardship, what shines through each is the resilience of the human spirit and the strength, courage, and humor of people determined to build a future for themselves against the odds.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2819611016%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

2 .The miracle of love / Ondine Sherman.
Sherman, Ondine, author
Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2013.
Summary: When her daughter was a toddler, Ondine Sherman felt like her life was complete. She was married to a man she adored, had a loving extended family and was living her dream of doing things for animals having set up the animal advocacy organisation, Voiceless. Delighted to find she was pregnant again, she was shocked to find out she was having twins. But never in her wildest dreams could she have envisaged the heartache to come when her twin sons, Dov and Lev, were diagnosed with a rare genetic condition that meant they might never walk or talk. Miracle of Love is Ondine's story of the rollercoaster ride she experienced as doctors tried to work out why her beloved boys weren't meeting the normal milestones. It is also an intimate account of her spiritual journey as she deals with her sons' condition, which ultimately leads to acceptance, love, meaning and a new understanding of 'miracles'.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2819611366%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert