Name: Canary Girls - Jennifer Chiaverini
Brand: Jennifer Chiaverini
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nRosie the Riveter meets A League of Their Own in New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini's lively and illuminating novel about the munitionettes who built bombs in Britain's arsenals during World War I, risking their lives for the war effort and discovering camaraderie and courage on the football pitch.n nEarly 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.n nThousands 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.n nAmong 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.n nJoining 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.n nThe Canarie