| Contents |
List of key characters -- Prologue -- Part one. Knowledge -- Part two. Power -- Part three. Justice -- Epilogue -- Postscript. |
| Abstract |
As World War I raged across the globe, hundreds of young women toiled away at the radium-dial factories, where they painted clock faces with a mysterious new substance called radium. Assured by their bosses that the luminous material was safe, the women themselves shone brightly in the dark, covered from head to toe with the glowing dust. With such a coveted job, these "shining girls" were considered the luckiest alive -- until they began to fall mysteriously ill. As the fatal poison of the radium took hold, they found themselves embroiled in one of America's biggest scandals and a groundbreaking battle for workers' rights. |
| General note | "Originally published in 2016 in the United Kingdom by Simon & Schuster UK."--Title page verso. |
| General note | Includes reading group guide (pages 409-410). |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-467) and index. |
| Awards note | 2019 Lincoln Award Nominee |
| LCCN | 2016040681 |
| ISBN | 9781492649359 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
| ISBN | 149264935X (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
| Stock number | Sourcebooks Inc, Po Box 4410, Naperville, IL, USA, 60567-4410, (630)9613900, 268 SAN 666-7864 |
