The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women (Thorndike Press Large Print Popular and Narrative Nonfiction Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (777 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1432839039 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 631 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A New York Times Bestseller A LibraryReads Next Pick An Indie Next Pick Written with a sparkling voice and breakneck pace, The Radium Girls fully illuminates the inspiring young women exposed to the “wonder” element of radium in early 20th–century American factories. Their courage and tenacity led to life-changing regulations, and ultimately saved hundreds of thousands of lives.
the poor writing made it so grating to listen to BookBuyer This book had so much potential with such a fascinating storyline. However, the poor writing made it so grating to listen to, I could not get past the first hour of the book. About 25% of what I listened to was highly interesting information about the history of radium use. The rest was drivel and consisted of superficial descriptions of the beauty, perfect hair and teeth and snub noses