Factory girls : a novel /
Summer, 1994. Maeve Murray wants a good final exam result so she can earn her ticket out of the wee Northern Irish town she has grown up in during the Troubles. As a first step to afford studying journalism in London, Maeve takes a job in a shirt factory. As the British loyalist marching season rais...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina :
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,
[2022].
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Summer, 1994. Maeve Murray wants a good final exam result so she can earn her ticket out of the wee Northern Irish town she has grown up in during the Troubles. As a first step to afford studying journalism in London, Maeve takes a job in a shirt factory. As the British loyalist marching season raises tensions among the Catholic and Protestant workforce, Maeve realizes something is going on behind the scenes at the factory. And seeking justice for herself and her fellow workers may just be Maeve's one-way ticket out of town. |
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| Item Description: | "First published in Great Britain in 2022 by John Murray (Publishers), A Hachette UK company"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 294 pages ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781643752457 1643752456 |