Radium Girls by Kate Moore
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3.5/5
I received an arc from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review
I am a huge fan of lawyer shows. The suave suits, the briefcases, the courtroom drama? What's not to like?
And, in every single one of these shows, there is always an episode dedicated to bringing justice to workers who have gotten sick due to big corporations using toxic materials in their factories.
Unfortunately, these dramas glosses over the real struggles these workers face to get adequate compensation.
This was quite a good book.
It tells the tragic (and true!) story of the struggles of factory workers to get adequate compensation for the terrible health problems they faced due to their exposure to radium. At times it is heart-breaking, sorrowful, and hard-to-read.
Throughout this book, we feel the girls pain. The aches, the progressing disease, the fight against the corporation. This book bears a stark reminder to the current unsafe work standards in underdeveloped countries that manufacture our clothes.
Rather than written as a story, it's written like a news article. While this may throw you off in the beginning, it allows for more historical accuracy.
Overall, this was a historically accurate book that was often devastating but never boring.
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