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092			_aCHIAVERI _bJENNIFER
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aChiaverini, Jennifer, _eauthor. _952670
245	1	0	_aCanary girls : _ba novel / _cJennifer Chiaverini.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bWilliam Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, _c[2023]
264		4	_c©2023
300			_a417 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 415-417).
520			_aEarly in the Great War, men left Britain's factories in droves to enlist. Struggling to keep up production, arsenals hired women to build the weapons the military urgently needed. "Be the Girl Behind the Man Behind the Gun," the recruitment posters beckoned. Thousands of women--cooks, maids, shopgirls, and housewives-answered their nation's call. These "munitionettes" worked grueling shifts often seven days a week, handling TNT and other explosives with little protective gear. Among them is nineteen-year-old former housemaid April Tipton. Impressed by her friend Marjorie's descriptions of higher wages, plentiful meals, and comfortable lodgings, she takes a job at Thornshire Arsenal near London, filling shells in the Danger Building-difficult, dangerous, and absolutely essential work. Joining them is Lucy Dempsey, wife of Daniel Dempsey, Olympic gold medalist and star forward of Tottenham Hotspur. With Daniel away serving in the Footballers' Battalion, Lucy resolves to do her bit to hasten the end of the war. When her coworkers learn she is a footballer's wife, they invite her to join the arsenal ladies' football club, the Thornshire Canaries. The Canaries soon acquire an unexpected fan in the boss's wife, Helen Purcell, who is deeply troubled by reports that Danger Building workers suffer from serious, unexplained illnesses. One common symptom, the lurid yellow hue of their skin, earns them the nickname "Canary Girls." Suspecting a connection between the Canary Girls' maladies and the chemicals they handle, Helen joins the arsenal administration as their staunchest, though often unappreciated, advocate. The football pitch is the one place where class distinctions and fears for their men fall away. As the war grinds on and tragedy takes its toll, the Canary Girls persist despite the dangers, proud to serve, determined to outlive the war and rejoice in victory and peace.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1914-1918 _zGreat Britain _vFiction. _995994
650		0	_aWorld War, 1914-1918 _xWomen _vFiction.
650		0	_aWomen soccer players _vFiction. _9354193
650		0	_aSocial classes _vFiction. _949734
650		0	_aWeapons industry _xEmployees _vFiction. _9301844
650		0	_aIndustrial hygiene _zGreat Britain _vFiction.
655		7	_aHistorical fiction. _2lcgft _9683
655		7	_aSports fiction. _2lcgft _9307771
655		7	_aNovels. _2lcgft _92408
994			_aC0 _bNFG
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