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The matchgirl / Lynette Rees.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
LP REES	Large Print		Campsie .	. On Loan .	13 May 2024

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9780750548243
ISBN	075054824X
Name	Rees, Lynette author
Title	The matchgirl / Lynette Rees.
Edition	Large print edition.
Published	Leicester : Thorpe, 2020.
Description	336 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
Summary	1888: In the East End of London, things are difficult for young Lottie and her family. Her father has just passed away, and having fallen out with Lottie's rich aunt, her mother cannot appeal to her for help. Nowadays they have to make do and mend: with four younger siblings, there are six mouths to feed, and money is tight. Lottie ought to have soft hands like a lady, but they are chapped and sore, for conditions at the match factory where she works are dire. The girls get treated badly by the management, and there is a severe risk to their health. But then a young journalist, Annie Besant, begins asking questions. Will Lottie and the other girls welcome her help, even when it could cost them their jobs - and their livelihoods?
Target audience note	Adult.
Subjects	Strikes and lockouts -- Fiction
	Match industry workers -- Health and hygiene -- Fiction
	Women journalists -- Fiction
	Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Fiction
Genre	Domestic fiction
Genre	Large type books
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Domestic fiction . Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Fiction . Large type books . Match industry workers -- Health and hygiene -- Fiction . Strikes and lockouts -- Fiction . Women journalists -- Fiction . Authors: Rees, Lynette .