The Radium Girls by Kate Moore audiobook

The Radium Girls: They paid with their lives. Their final fight was for justice.

By Kate Moore
Read by Angela Brazil

Simon & Schuster Audio UK
15.63 Hours • Unabridged
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    ISBN: 9781471162275

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Summary

Summary

#1 Amazon bestseller

USA Today bestseller

Wall Street Journal bestseller

A Library Journal Best Audiobook of 2017

A 2018 RUSA Notable Book in Nonfiction

A 2017 LibraryReads Favorites of the Favorites selection

A May 2017 LibraryReads Pick

A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“Moore’s text is riveting. The narration by Angela Brazil is of the highest quality, pulling listeners into the story.” —Library Journal (starred audio review)
“Narrator Angela Brazil has a lively, clear voice, excellent diction, and a great sense of pacing. She maintains her energy throughout this impressive history.” —AudioFile
“Moore sheds new light on a dark chapter in American labor history; the ‘radium girls,’ martyrs to an unholy alliance of commerce and science, live again in her telling.” — Megan Marshall, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
"[A] fascinating social history—one that significantly reflects on the class and gender of those involved.” —Sunday Times (London)
“Kate Moore…writes with a sense of drama that carries one through the serpentine twists and turns of this tragic but ultimately uplifting story. She sees the trees for the wood: always at the center of her narrative are the individual dial painters, so the list of their names at the start of the book becomes a register of familiar, endearing ghosts.” —Spectator (London)
“A perfect blend of the historical, the scientific, and the personal, this richly detailed book sheds a whole new light on this unique element and the role it played in changing workers’ rights.” —Bustle
“The story of real women at the mercy of businesses who see them only as a potential risk to the bottom line is haunting precisely because of how little has changed.” —NPR
“This timely book celebrates the strength of a group of women, whose determination to fight improved both labor laws and scientific knowledge of radium poisoning.” —Booklist (starred review)
“Moore’s well-researched narrative is written with clarity and a sympathetic voice that brings these figures and their struggles to life.” —Library Journal (starred review)
“Their incredible story, beautifully told by Kate Moore, is sure to incite equal parts compassion and horror in the reader.” —BookPage

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Author

Author Bio: Kate Moore

Author Bio: Kate Moore

Kate Moore is the USA Today bestselling author of The Radium Girls, which won the 2017 Goodreads Choice Award for Best History, was voted US librarians’s favorite nonfiction book of 2017, and was named a Notable Nonfiction Book of 2018 by the American Library Association. A British writer based in London, she writes across a variety of genres and has had multiple titles on the London Sunday Times bestseller list. She is passionate about politics, storytelling, and resurrecting forgotten heroes. Visit her at Kate-Moore.com. 

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Available Formats : Digital Download
Category: Nonfiction/History
Runtime: 15.63
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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