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  • Author: Andrews, Jan
    Contributor: Bryan, Tara
    Date:
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    2019
    Summary:

    [This is the story of] Edie Murphy, an indomitable and engaging heroine who leaves Newfoundland on the cusp of womanhood. Against the backdrop of the history-making "Uprising" of 1909 and the devastating Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire (1911), Edie begins to find her own voice, hone her already-strong will, and learn about the true nature of home. A celebration of the strength of women and the power of community.

    Genre:
    Young adult fiction, Bildungsromans
    Subject(s): Labor unions | Manners and customs | Textile workers | Women | Women immigrants
    Original Publisher: Tors Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador, Running the Goat Books & Broadsides
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781927917176, 1927917174