Título: Canary Girls
Autor: Jennifer Chiaverini
Sinopse: Rosie the Riveter meets A League of Their Own in New York Times bestselling novelist Jennifer Chiaverinis lively and illuminating novel about the munitionettes who built bombs in Britains arsenals during World War I, risking their lives for the war effort and discovering camaraderie and courage on the soccer pitch. Early in the Great War, men left Britains 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 womencooks, maids, shopgirls, and housewivesanswered their nations 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 Marjories descriptions of higher wages, plentiful meals, and comfortable lodgings, she takes a job at Thornshire Arsenal near London, filling shells in the Danger Buildingdifficult, 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 footballers wife, they invite her to join the arsenal ladies football club, the Thornshire Canaries. The Canaries soon acquire an unexpected fan in the bosss 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.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Canary Girls”, de Jennifer Chiaverini, publicado pela editora HarperCollins, em 2023 e com 424 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: HarperCollins
Páginas: 424
Ano: 2023
Edição:
Linguagem: eng
ISBN: 0063080761
ISBN13: 9780063080768
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora HarperCollins apresentam uma variedade de narrativas que transitam entre mundos fantásticos, realidades distópicas e dramas humanos intensos. O leitor pode esperar histórias onde o mistério e a aventura se cruzam, como em tramas que envolvem criaturas mágicas e lutas contra forças opressoras. Há também obras que exploram o horror em situações cotidianas, revelando tensões inesperadas em ambientes familiares. Além disso, o catálogo inclui narrativas históricas e biográficas, que abordam temas como revoluções e desafios pessoais, e textos que discutem saúde, espiritualidade e ciência de forma acessível. O tom das obras varia do suspense e ação até o lirismo e a reflexão, com ritmos que vão do acelerado ao contemplativo, oferecendo experiências de leitura para diferentes gostos e idades.
