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Inspiring uplifting and full of heart Annie Lyons

Like half of all the young women living in the Scottish town Clydebank in early 1911 Ellen works at the sewing machine factory So does her big sister Bridget Bridgets fianc Malcolm and her new friend Sadie who has come to work at the factory after the death of her father

For Sadie the factory is a way to make ends meet but Ellen has sewing in her veins She is even making Bridgets wedding dress on her beloved sewing machine But after the excitement of the wedding dies down everything changes Ellen discovers that the work of the cabinet polishers her job is to be reorganised and they will be doing more work for less pay

Ellen feels betrayed the sewing factory is her family and theyve let her down Sadie is more pragmatic But the women arent going to give in without a fight Theyve been reading about strikes and theyve got an idea much to the disgust of manager Malcolm

Meanwhile Bridget forced to choose between her husband and her sister has made a new friend and is fighting her own battle alongside the suffragettes

The events of the strike will throw Ellen Bridget and Sadies lives into turmoil but also bring these women closer to each other than they could ever have imagined

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I couldnt put the book down
A heartwarming story that brings the people who worked in the sewing machine factory to life
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A gem of a story
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