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Radium Girls The: Young Readers' Edition - The Scary but True Story of the Poison that Made People Glow in the Dark - cover
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Radium Girls The: Young Readers' Edition - The Scary but True Story of the Poison that Made People Glow in the Dark

Kate Moore

Narrator Xe Sands

Publisher: Tantor Audio

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Summary

Explore the unbelievable true story of America's glowing girls and their fight for justice in the young readers edition of the New York Times and USA Today bestseller The Radium Girls. 
 
 
 
Amid the excitement of the early twentieth century, hundreds of young women spend their days hard at work painting watch dials with glow-in-the-dark radium paint. The painters consider themselves lucky—until they start suffering from a mysterious illness. As the corporations try to cover up a shocking secret, these shining girls suddenly find themselves at the center of a deadly scandal. 
 
 
 
The Radium Girls: Young Readers Edition tells the unbelievable true story of these incredible women, whose determination to fight back saved countless lives.
Duration: about 7 hours (06:45:09)
Publishing date: 2022-05-17; Unabridged; Copyright Year: 2020. Copyright Statment: —