Victory for the Sewing Factory Girls

Victory for the Sewing Factory Girls

Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction | Paperback Published on: 07/11/2024
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Synopsis

'Inspiring, uplifting and full of heart' - Annie Lyons

1916, Scotland.

Five years after leading a strike at the sewing factory, newly pregnant Ellen is rushed off her feet at the Clydebank Clothing Exchange, the heart of the community. Ellen is missing her husband James who is away with the Royal Navy, and worried about how to make ends meet. She desperately wants to confide in her best friend Sadie. However, Sadie is hiding a heart-breaking secret of her own which places strain on their friendship.

Ignoring concerns from her sister Sadie, seventeen-year-old Rachel has signed up as a munitions worker at the former sewing factory in Clydebank. Together with the other women nicknamed 'the munitionettes' she finds fun and friendship as they start a local football team.

When Ellen is forced to return to the factory to earn money for her growing family, she clashes with Sadie, who is angry about the working conditions. Several of the women and their babies are falling ill, despite assurances from management that the factory is safe.

As the war rages on, can the women help each other cope through the difficult times ahead?
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  • Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
  • ISBN: 9781398718852
  • Number of pages: 304
  • Weight: 269g
  • Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 28 mm

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Victory for the Sewing Factory Girls
touching and uplifting
Victory for the Sewing Factory Girls is a heartwarming and deeply affecting historical novel set in 1916 Scotland, capturing the resilience and solidarity ... READ MORE
Aiesha
Victory for the Sewing Factory Girls
Another five star read by Posy Lovell and I love this series!
Ellen McCallum is married to James, they have a toddler and she’s expecting again and it’s been five years since the strike at the Singer Factory in Clydeb... READ MORE
Karren's Reading Nook
Victory for the Sewing Factory Girls
Recommended
this book is set in WW1 and is full of women's story of strength, resiliance and and amazing daily and friends loyalty. beautifully written and I recommen... READ MORE
Lisa Carlile
Victory for the Sewing Factory Girls
Sage
The sewing girls have a mixed history with the Factory but as war is in the midst changes need to be made. The Clothing exchange had been set up during pre... READ MORE
Sue Rouse