The duality of 1950s society is stark: while the poor resort to Vera’s dangerous procedures, the wealthy families she cleans for can obtain safe, legal abortions by paying high fees for psychiatric recommendations.
The revelation of her secret causes a deep rift in her family: vera drake
The story of centers on a working-class woman in 1950s London who balances a life of relentless kindness with a dangerous, illegal secret. The Two Lives of Vera Drake The duality of 1950s society is stark: while
Vera's world shatters when one of her cases is hospitalized with a life-threatening infection. The police trace the event back to her, and she is arrested during a celebratory family dinner for her daughter Ethel’s engagement. vera drake