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“She sold her hair; she sold her teeth, but it was never enough. The baby became lethargic and ceased to thrive. She called it “wasting fever”. When the baby died no money could be spared for burial, so she sealed him in an orange box weighed down with stones, and slipped him into the river. That furtive journey in the middle of the night with her dead baby was the moment when she finally accepted defeat, and knew that the inevitable had come. She and the children would have to go to the workhouse.”.”

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Book:The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times
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The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times

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Jennifer Worth
Jennifer Worth

Jennifer Worth, a British author born on September 25, 1935, and passed away on May 31, 2011. She is renowned for her descriptions of rural life in mid-20th-century England, particularly her 'Call the Midwife' series, which has been highly appreciated by readers. more

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