Factory Girls by Michelle Gallen PDF Download

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Factory Girls by Michelle Gallen Book Review

“Factory Girls ” is a good book that you can read online or download to read it later. Before starting the reading or downloading, here is the summary of the book that you can read. It’s the summer of 1994, and all Maeve Murray wants are good final exam results so she can earn her ticket out of the wee Northern Irish town she has grown up in during the Troubles—away from her crowded home, the silence and sadness surrounding her sister’s death, and most of all, away from the simmering violence of her divided community. And as a first step, Maeve’s taken a summer job in a local shirt factory working alongside Protestants with her best friends, kind, innocent Caroline Jackson and privileged and clever Aoife O’Neill. But getting the right exam results is only part of Maeve’s problem—she’s got to survive a tit-for-tat paramilitary campaign, iron 100 shirts an hour all day every day, and deal with the attentions of Andy Strawbridge, her slick and untrustworthy English boss. What seems to be a great opportunity to earn money before starting university turns out to be a crucible in which Maeve is tested in ways she may not be equipped to handle. Seeking justice for herself and her fellow workers may just be Maeve’s one-way ticket out of town. Bitingly hilarious, perceptive, and steeped in the vernacular of its time and place, Factory Girls is perfect for fans of voice-driven stories with bite, humor, and realism, such as the Netflix series Derry Girls and novels by Douglas Stuart, Roddy Doyle, and Anna Burns.

Brief Summary Factory Girls by Michelle Gallen

Really loved this gritty, yet realistic story of life as a teenager in a small Northern Irish town. I was intrigued by the characters from the families, the town as well as the shirt factory, many so true to life. Loved how friendship and loyalty could transcend all backgrounds… age, class even religious. Factory Girls provides great insights into everyday life for those who lived through the trauma of ‘the troubles’, from a very intimate and human perspective with lots of local wit and humour throughout the dialogue. I didn’t expect that a story about teenage girls working in a short factory in Tyrone could be so gripping but I loved this book from beginning to end!