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Bad Bridget - Crime, Mayhem and the Lives of Irish Emigrant Women
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Bad Bridget - Crime, Mayhem and the Lives of Irish Emigrant Women
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The Number 1 Bestseller 'A captivating account of lives previously
ignored' Sunday Independent Ireland in the nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries was not a good place to be a woman. Among the
wave of emigrants from Ireland to North America were many, many
young women who travelled on their own, hoping for a better life.
Some lived lives of quiet industry and piety. Others quickly found
themselves in trouble - bad trouble, and on an astonishing scale.
Elaine Farrell and Leanne McCormick, creators of the celebrated
'Bad Bridget' podcast, have unearthed a world in which Irish women
actually outnumbered Irish men in prison, in which you could get
locked up for 'stubbornness', and in which a serial killer called
Lizzie Halliday was described by the New York Times as 'the worst
woman on earth'. They reveal the social forces that bred this
mayhem and dysfunction, through stories that are brilliantly
strange, sometimes funny, and often moving. From sex workers and
thieves to kidnappers and killers, these Bridgets are young women
who have gone from the frying pan of their impoverished homeland to
the fire of vast North American cities. Bad Bridget is a
masterpiece of social history and true crime, showing us a
fascinating and previously unexplored world. ______ 'An important,
impeccably researched though eminently readable book that charts
new territory . . . this could yet be the book of 2023' Irish
Examiner 'I just loved it!' Ryan Tubridy 'Fascinating' Irish Times
General
Imprint: |
Penguin Books
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
March 2024 |
Authors: |
Elaine Farrell
• Leanne McCormick
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Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Pages: |
288 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-241-99432-0 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-241-99432-2 |
Barcode: |
9780241994320 |
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