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The Radium Girls

the Dark Story of America's Shining Women
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Aug 09, 2017Uchinaguchi rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Kate Moore doesn't just tell us about the lives and deaths of the radium girls, but offers us a unique glimpse into their world using their own words. By using primary sources like the girls' diaries and even interviewing living family members who remember these girls, Moore allows the reader to be swept up in the highs and lows the girls lived. As the reader, we are offered more information than the girls receive, but Moore does a great job holding information from the reader for suspense which amplifies moments of betrayal and heartbreak for the reader. Some of the most emotional moments were not ones about the girls directly, but how their conditions and ultimately their deaths impacted those who loved them. Not only did the girls suffer, but their families struggled to help them in any way possible, often resulting in cases of extreme poverty and desperation. Radium didn't just affect the women who worked with it, but their families and their communities as well.