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A unique take on women''s history from the bestselling author of British Summer Time Begins



''Witty, clever and warm-hearted'' The Times

''Maxtone Graham [has a] unique blend of high comedy and shrewd social observation'' Spectator

''Terrific'' Daily Telegraph

Drawn from real life, from interviews with women from all sections of society who have ever had a job, this book is a portrait of British women''s working lives from 1950, through cardigans and pearls, via mini-skirts and bottom-pinching, to shoulder pads and the ping of the first emails (early 1990s), never forgetting overalls, aprons and uniforms.

Graham conveys the full range of experience: to convey the flavour and atmosphere of workplaces in all their character: the jollities as well as the drudgeries, the good men as well as the vile ones, the nasty women as well as the heroines, the office crushes and romances, the daily

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      Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
      Publication Date: 1/5/2024
      ISBN13: 9780349144412, 978-0349144412
      ISBN10: 0349144419
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A unique take on women''s history from the bestselling author of British Summer Time Begins



      ''Witty, clever and warm-hearted'' The Times

      ''Maxtone Graham [has a] unique blend of high comedy and shrewd social observation'' Spectator

      ''Terrific'' Daily Telegraph

      Drawn from real life, from interviews with women from all sections of society who have ever had a job, this book is a portrait of British women''s working lives from 1950, through cardigans and pearls, via mini-skirts and bottom-pinching, to shoulder pads and the ping of the first emails (early 1990s), never forgetting overalls, aprons and uniforms.

      Graham conveys the full range of experience: to convey the flavour and atmosphere of workplaces in all their character: the jollities as well as the drudgeries, the good men as well as the vile ones, the nasty women as well as the heroines, the office crushes and romances, the daily

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