The Radium Girls av Kate Moore

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<B>Emma Watson’s Our Shared Shelf book club choice</B><BR/><B><I>New York Times</I> bestseller</B><BR/><BR/>‘Fascinating’ <B><I>Sunday Times</I></B><BR/>‘Thrilling’ ★★★★★ <B><I>Mail on Sunday</I></B><BR/><BR/><B>All they wanted was the chance to shine. Be careful what you wish for…</B><BR/><BR/><B><I>‘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.’</I></B><BR/><BR/> 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. However, as the years passed, the women began to suffer from myst