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''Poor Girls is a brave, bold novel... You''ll fall hard for Nell and the Forty Elephants.'' ARAMINTA HALL
''Funny, fast-paced and dark, Poor Girls is a riveting read, with dialogue that absolutely crackles and a fabulously unsentimental heroine in Nell.'' ELODIE HARPER

We were never destined to have anything so you know what we did?
We took it anyway.


1922. Twenty-year-old Eleanor Mackridge is horrified by the future mapped out for her to serve the upper classes or find a man to marry (preferably kind). She ''proved useful'' working in a munitions factory during the war handling explosives but now, society is returning to normal and women are being put back in their place.

But Eleanor has never paid attention to what society expects of her. When she crosses paths with a member of the notorious female-led gang the Forty Elephants, she is in awe of these bold women who wear diamonds a

Poor Girls

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    A Hardback by Clare Whitfield

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      Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Publication Date: 1/7/2024
      ISBN13: 9781837930869, 978-1837930869
      ISBN10: 1837930864

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''Poor Girls is a brave, bold novel... You''ll fall hard for Nell and the Forty Elephants.'' ARAMINTA HALL
      ''Funny, fast-paced and dark, Poor Girls is a riveting read, with dialogue that absolutely crackles and a fabulously unsentimental heroine in Nell.'' ELODIE HARPER

      We were never destined to have anything so you know what we did?
      We took it anyway.


      1922. Twenty-year-old Eleanor Mackridge is horrified by the future mapped out for her to serve the upper classes or find a man to marry (preferably kind). She ''proved useful'' working in a munitions factory during the war handling explosives but now, society is returning to normal and women are being put back in their place.

      But Eleanor has never paid attention to what society expects of her. When she crosses paths with a member of the notorious female-led gang the Forty Elephants, she is in awe of these bold women who wear diamonds a

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