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4235335The Sugar Girls - Joans Story: Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyles East Endhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-sugar-girls---joans-story-tales-of-hardship--love-and-happiness-in-tate--lyles-east-end-9780007485574/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2613858/3fe8d36d-9d81-41d3-8e61-3d749170445d.jpg?v=6383842152912000006060MXNHarperCollins PublishersInStock/Ebooks/<p>This is Joans story, one of four stories from The Sugar Girls.During the Blitz and the years of rationing, the Sugar Girls kept Britain sweet. The work was back-breakingly hard, but the Tate & Lyle factory was more than just a workplace it was a community, a calling, a place of love and support and an uproarious, tribal part of East London.</p><p>Joan had joined Tate & Lyle expressly for the social life, and she was determined to make the most of it. She could see that her old friend Peggy already had an established group of her own among the sugar girls, so she set about building a new set of friends. It wasnt difficult for Joan, whose cheerful self-confidence, natural chattiness and naughty sense of humour acted as a magnet to those around her.</p><p>In the years leading up to and after the Second World War thousands of women left school at fourteen to work in the bustling factories of Londons East End. Despite long hours, hard and often hazardous work, factory life afforded exciting opportunities for independence, friendship and romance. Of all the factories that lined the docks, it was at Tate & Lyles where you could earn the most generous wages and enjoy the best social life, and it was here where The Sugar Girls worked</p><p>This is an evocative, moving story of hunger, hardship and happiness, providing a moving insight into a lost way of life, as well as a timeless testament to the experience of being young and female.</p><p>Includes Joans own personal photographs of life as a sugar girl.</p>...4171669The Sugar Girls - Joans Story: Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyles East End6060https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-sugar-girls---joans-story-tales-of-hardship--love-and-happiness-in-tate--lyles-east-end-9780007485574/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2613858/3fe8d36d-9d81-41d3-8e61-3d749170445d.jpg?v=638384215291200000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20129780007485574_W3siaWQiOiIxM2Y4M2U2Mi0yY2M4LTRmZjktYTNhNS1hOWIzMjBmNGI5MDgiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjYwLCJkaXNjb3VudCI6MCwic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjo2MCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMTItMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780007485574_<p>This is Joans story, one of four stories from The Sugar Girls.During the Blitz and the years of rationing, the Sugar Girls kept Britain sweet. The work was back-breakingly hard, but the Tate & Lyle factory was more than just a workplace - it was a community, a calling, a place of love and support and an uproarious, tribal part of East London.</p><p>Joan had joined Tate & Lyle expressly for the social life, and she was determined to make the most of it. She could see that her old friend Peggy already had an established group of her own among the sugar girls, so she set about building a new set of friends. It wasnt difficult for Joan, whose cheerful self-confidence, natural chattiness and naughty sense of humour acted as a magnet to those around her.</p><p>In the years leading up to and after the Second World War thousands of women left school at fourteen to work in the bustling factories of Londons East End. Despite long hours, hard and often hazardous work, factory life afforded exciting opportunities for independence, friendship and romance. Of all the factories that lined the docks, it was at Tate & Lyles where you could earn the most generous wages and enjoy the best social life, and it was here where The Sugar Girls worked</p><p>This is an evocative, moving story of hunger, hardship and happiness, providing a moving insight into a lost way of life, as well as a timeless testament to the experience of being young and female.</p><p>Includes Joans own personal photographs of life as a sugar girl.</p>...(*_*)9780007485574_<p>This is Joans story, one of four stories from The Sugar Girls.During the Blitz and the years of rationing, the Sugar Girls kept Britain sweet. The work was back-breakingly hard, but the Tate & Lyle factory was more than just a workplace it was a community, a calling, a place of love and support and an uproarious, tribal part of East London.</p><p>Joan had joined Tate & Lyle expressly for the social life, and she was determined to make the most of it. She could see that her old friend Peggy already had an established group of her own among the sugar girls, so she set about building a new set of friends. It wasnt difficult for Joan, whose cheerful self-confidence, natural chattiness and naughty sense of humour acted as a magnet to those around her.</p><p>In the years leading up to and after the Second World War thousands of women left school at fourteen to work in the bustling factories of Londons East End. Despite long hours, hard and often hazardous work, factory life afforded exciting opportunities for independence, friendship and romance. Of all the factories that lined the docks, it was at Tate & Lyles where you could earn the most generous wages and enjoy the best social life, and it was here where The Sugar Girls worked</p><p>This is an evocative, moving story of hunger, hardship and happiness, providing a moving insight into a lost way of life, as well as a timeless testament to the experience of being young and female.</p><p>Includes Joans own personal photographs of life as a sugar girl.</p>...9780007485574_HarperCollins Publisherslibro_electonico_42f211db-575c-4f2d-aea6-a0f1e2b691b2_9780007485574;9780007485574_9780007485574Nuala CalviInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/harpercollinsuk-epub-db775160-6964-4c89-bdc5-fe82ad8857ed.epub2012-03-29T00:00:00+00:00HarperCollins Publishers