Emma Watson's u003cbu003eOur Shared Shelfu003c/bu003e book club choiceu003cbru003e u003cbu003eu003ciu003eNew York Timesu003c/iu003e bestselleru003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e 'Fascinating.' u003cbu003eu003ciu003eSunday Timesu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e 'Thrilling.' ????? u003cbu003eu003ciu003eMail on Sundayu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003eAll they wanted was the chance to shine.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e Be careful what you wish for...u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003ciu003e'The first thing we asked was, "Does this stuff hurt you?" And they said, "No." The company said that it wasn't dangerous, that we didn't need to be afraid.'u003c/iu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e As the First World War spread across the world, young American women flocked to work in factories, painting clocks, watches and military dials with a special luminous substance made from radium. It was a fun job, lucrative and glamorous - the girls shone brightly in the dark, covered head to toe in dust from the paint.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e However, as the years passed, the women began to suffer from mysterious and crippling illnesses. It turned out that the very thing that had made them feel alive - their work - was slowly killing them: the radium paint was poisonous.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e Their employers denied all responsibility, but these courageous women - in the face of unimaginable suffering - refused to accept their fate quietly, and instead became determined to fight for justice.u003cbru003e Drawing on previously unpublished diaries, letters and interviews, u003ciu003eThe Radium Girlsu003c/iu003e is an intimate narrative of an u003cbu003eunforgettable true storyu003c/bu003e. It is the powerful tale of a group of ordinary women from the Roaring Twenties, who themselves learned how to roar.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003eFurther praise for u003ciu003eThe Radium Girlsu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e 'The importance of the brave and blighted dial-painters cannot be overstated.' u003cbu003eu003ciu003eSunday Timesu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e 'A perfect blend of the historical, the scientific and the personal.' u003cbu003eu003ciu003eBustleu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e 'Thrilling and carefully crafted.' u003ciu003eu003cbu003eMail on Sundayu200bu003c/bu003eu003c/iu003e
