Factory Girls

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Smart-mouthed and filthy-minded, Maeve Murray has always felt like an outsider in the rubbish wee town in Northern Ireland that she calls home. She hopes her exam results will be her ticket to a new life in London; a life where no one knows her business, or cares about her dead sister. But first she’s got to survive a tit-for-tat paramilitary campaign as brutal as her relationship with her mam, iron 800 shirts a day to keep her summer job in the local factory, and dodge the attentions of Handy Andy Strawbridge, her dubious English boss. Maeve and her two best friends try to squeeze in as much fun as possible into their last summer at home. But as marching season raises tensions between the Catholic and Protestant workforce, Maeve realises something is going on behind the scenes at the factory, forcing her to make a choice that will impact her life – and the lives of others – forever.

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‘The perfect pick for those missing their dose of Derry GirlsIrish Examiner

‘Entertaining, touching and savagely funny’ Sunday Times

‘Vital, bang-on, and seriously funny’ Roddy Doyle

It’s the summer of 1994, and all Maeve Murray wants is some money and good exam results so she can escape her shitty wee town in Northern Ireland.

Over the holidays, Maeve bags herself a job at the local shirt factory with her best friends Caroline and Aoife. It’s set to be the summer of their lives, but first she’s got to survive a tit-for-tat paramilitary campaign as brutal as her relationship with her mam, iron 800 shirts a day to keep her job and dodge the attentions of Handy Andy Strawbridge, her slimy English boss. And when she starts to notice things aren’t adding up at the factory, it seems like revealing the truth may just be her one-way ticket out of town.

Additional information

Weight 220 g
Dimensions 196 × 128 × 28 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

294

Language

English

Edition

1st paperback ed

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K