The Factory Girl
  • Published: 30 April 2023
  • ISBN: 9781529911145
  • Imprint: Ebury Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 480
  • RRP: $35.00
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The Factory Girl

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15 Jun 2015
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30 Apr 2023
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A heartwarming East End saga for fans of Kitty Neale and Dilly Court


From rags to riches...

With the Armistice only a few months passed, times are hard for eighteen-year-old Geraldine Glover. A machinist at Rubins clothing factory in the East End, she dreams of a more glamorous life.

When she meets Tony Hanford, the young and handsome proprietor of a small jeweller's shop in Bond Street, Geraldine is propelled into a new world – but it comes at a heavy price...
  • Published: 30 April 2023
  • ISBN: 9781529911145
  • Imprint: Ebury Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 480
  • RRP: $35.00
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About the author

Maggie Ford

Maggie was born in the East End of London but at the age of six she moved to Essex, where she has lived ever since. After the death of her first husband, when she was only twenty-six, she went to work as a legal secretary until she remarried in 1968. She has a son and two daughters, all married; her second husband died in 1984.

She has been writing short stories since the early 1970s.

Also by Maggie Ford

Mile End Girl
The Flower Girl
The Rag and Bone Girl
An East End Girl
The Fisherman’s Girl
Rags to Riches
A Soldier's Girl
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