| Author: | Alan Marshall | ISBN: | 9781743430941 |
| Publisher: | Allen & Unwin | Publication: | October 1, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Allen & Unwin | Language: | English |
| Author: | Alan Marshall |
| ISBN: | 9781743430941 |
| Publisher: | Allen & Unwin |
| Publication: | October 1, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Allen & Unwin |
| Language: | English |
'A thousand pairs a day.' - this is the rhythm ruling the lives of workers in a Melbourne shoe factory in the 1930s, a rhythm devouring their youth, their laughter, their hopes for the future.
For those enmeshed in the life of the Modern Shoe Co. - the crippled accountant, the vindictive foreman, the inept management unable to stem the slide to financial disaster, the kind-hearted forewoman and the pathetically young girls in their first job - there is also a rhythm of love and camaraderie, of intrigue and hate, of exploitation and grinding poverty.
'A thousand pairs a day.' - this is the rhythm ruling the lives of workers in a Melbourne shoe factory in the 1930s, a rhythm devouring their youth, their laughter, their hopes for the future.
For those enmeshed in the life of the Modern Shoe Co. - the crippled accountant, the vindictive foreman, the inept management unable to stem the slide to financial disaster, the kind-hearted forewoman and the pathetically young girls in their first job - there is also a rhythm of love and camaraderie, of intrigue and hate, of exploitation and grinding poverty.
