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Canary Girls / (Record no. 48959)

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001 - CONTROL NUMBER
control field on1373393232
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
control field OCoLC
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20230905105321.0
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0063322749
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780063322745
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)1373393232
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency HQD
Language of cataloging eng
Description conventions rda
Transcribing agency HQD
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Chiaverini, Jennifer,
Relator term author.
9 (RLIN) 52764
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Canary Girls /
Statement of responsibility, etc Author Chiaverini, Jennifer.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement Large Print Edition.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
Date of publication, distribution, etc [2023]
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 608 pages
Dimensions 9.00 inches, 6.00 inches, 1.37 inches
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Paperback.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Quality or Trade Paperback.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Fiction - General.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Women.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Friendship.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Historical - 20th Century - World War I.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc Rosie the Riveter meets A League of Their Own in New York Times bestselling novelist Jennifer Chiaverini's lively and illuminating novel about the "munitionettes" who built bombs in Britain's arsenals during World War I, risking their lives for the war effort and discovering camaraderie and courage on the soccer pitch. Early in the Great War, men left Britain's factories in droves to enlist. Struggling to keep up production, arsenals hired women to build the weapons the military urgently needed. "Be the Girl Behind the Man Behind the Gun," the recruitment posters beckoned.Thousands of women--cooks, maids, shopgirls, and housewives--answered their nation's call. These "munitionettes" worked grueling shifts often seven days a week, handling TNT and other explosives with little protective gear.Among them is nineteen-year-old former housemaid April Tipton. Impressed by her friend Marjorie's descriptions of higher wages, plentiful meals, and comfortable lodgings, she takes a job at Thornshire Arsenal near London, filling shells in the Danger Building--difficult, dangerous, and absolutely essential work. Joining them is Lucy Dempsey, wife of Daniel Dempsey, Olympic gold medalist and star forward of Tottenham Hotspur. With Daniel away serving in the Footballers' Battalion, Lucy resolves to do her bit to hasten the end of the war. When her coworkers learn she is a footballer's wife, they invite her to join the arsenal ladies' football club, the Thornshire Canaries.The Canaries soon acquire an unexpected fan in the boss's wife, Helen Purcell, who is deeply troubled by reports that Danger Building workers suffer from serious, unexplained illnesses. One common symptom, the lurid yellow hue of their skin, earns them the nickname "canary girls." Suspecting a connection between the canary girls' maladies and the chemicals they handle, Helen joins the arsenal administration as their staunchest, though often unappreciated, advocate. The football pitch is the one place where class distinctions and fears for their men fall away. As the war grinds on and tragedy takes its toll, the Canary Girls persist despite the dangers, proud to serve, determined to outlive the war and rejoice in victory and peace.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element World War, 1914-1918
Geographic subdivision Great Britain
Form subdivision Fiction.
9 (RLIN) 3324
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element World War, 1914-1918
General subdivision Women
Form subdivision Fiction.
9 (RLIN) 9615
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Women soccer players
Form subdivision Fiction.
9 (RLIN) 53808
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social classes
Form subdivision Fiction.
9 (RLIN) 5582
655 #0 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM
Genre/form data or focus term Historical fiction.
9 (RLIN) 43610
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Source of classification or shelving scheme Dewey Decimal Classification
Koha item type Large Print
948 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC); SERIES PART DESIGNATOR (RLIN)
h (OCLC) HELD BY NZWMT - 3 OTHER HOLDINGS
Holdings
Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Collection code Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition Cost, normal purchase price Total Renewals Full call number Barcode Date last seen Date checked out Cost, replacement price Price effective from Koha item type
    Dewey Decimal Classification   For loan Fiction Pop-Up Library Pop-Up Library Large print Fiction 05/09/2023 WHE 70.00 1 CHIA W00028159 06/04/2024 25/03/2024 70.00 05/09/2023 Large Print
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