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: 269 g
Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 28 mm
Victory for the Sewing Factory Girls is a heartwarming and deeply affecting historical novel set in 1916 Scotland, capturing the resilience and solidarity of women on the home front during World War I.
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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 previous strikes but with the war sending men abroad the need... More
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 recommend
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