{"product_id":"jobs-for-the-girls-9781408713464","title":"Jobs for the Girls","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ch3\u003eA unique take on women''s history from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBritish Summer Time Begins\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Witty, clever and warm-hearted'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Maxtone Graham [has a] unique blend of high comedy and shrewd social observation'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Terrific'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGraham 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 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaxtone Graham, who mined the memories of more than 200 women for their personal job stories, excels in the quirky, comic and often poignant details that resonate with her readers... \u003cb\u003eWitty, clever and warm-hearted, \u003ci\u003eJobs for the Girls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a book to remind women of how universal our experiences were\u003c\/b\u003e -- Melanie Reid * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eWhen she seems to be most nostalgic for a dear British past, she shocks the reader by the devastating but always humorous accuracy with which she describes the sheer horror of it. She is a sort of George Orwell, who has taken journalism to a soaring literary height - only she is even better than Orwell. \u003cb\u003eI actually do not know of any writer alive in the English language, in verse or prose, who is cleverer, more observant or who has told us more about ourselves\u003c\/b\u003e -- A.N. Wilson * Spectator, Book of the Year *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTerrific\u003c\/b\u003e... What struck me, as I devoured the recollections of 200-plus women, is how recently all this thwarting of female lives went on... How \u003cb\u003epoignant and powerful\u003c\/b\u003e is this secret history as it tells us her story * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eYsenda Maxtone Graham has a talent for conjuring the atmosphere of times past, both comical and tragic * Country Life *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaxtone Graham [has a] unique blend of high comedy and shrewd social observation\u003c\/b\u003e... The book thrums with life and noise... With freshness and immediacy, \u003ci\u003eJobs for the Girls\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates a period of our very recent history * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003eA riotous new history of women's decades-long struggle to be taken seriously at work * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eThere are many beguiling stories... in \u003ci\u003eJobs for the Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, receding echoes of another century, bound together by the author's equally beguiling voice and the crisp intelligence of her observations -- Lucy Lethbridge * Tablet *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739042656599,"sku":"9781408713464","price":18.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781408713464.jpg?v=1720050981","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/jobs-for-the-girls-9781408713464","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}