{"product_id":"high-wages-classic-edition","title":"High Wages (Classic edition)","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\" class=\"wp-caption\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/7642\/5795\/files\/HighWagesjacket.jpg?v=1727106076\u0026amp;width=700\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePREFACE BY JANE BROCKET\u003cbr\u003e316pp\u003cbr\u003eISBN \u003cspan\u003e9781906462604\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e‘“Wanted: a young lady to assist in the shop. Apply within.” Jane’s heart beat faster. She straightened up. “Well…” she breathed. She bent down and read again. “Well…. I never…”’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen eighteen-year-old Jane gets a job in a draper’s shop in a small town in Lancashire in 1912, so begins a great adventure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt first she delights in learning to cut fabric, getting to know the customers and making friends with the other shop-girls, but the terrible working conditions – low wages, too-small portions of kippers and bread, tidying up until late on Christmas Eve – lower her spirits. She spends her days off visiting the department stores of Manchester and London, which teach her as much about unwanted male attention as about\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ethe business of clothes, but before long an unexpected turn of events allows her, thrillingly, to open her own dress shop; amid struggles with the cleaning and cooking, trips to the local library, and a painful love affair, she continues to fight for the right to realise her own potential.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Jane Brocket writes in the Preface: ‘In a delightful book full of details of clothes and furnishings, bust-bodices and gloves, Dorothy Whipple creates a powerful argument for the need for women to work, not for political or primary economic reasons, but for self-fulfilment and for the realisation of talent and potential.’ \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHigh Wages\u003c\/strong\u003e, first published in\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e1930 and Dorothy Whipple's second novel, is a lively portrayal of working-class life in the shadow of World War One, as well as a fascinating glimpse\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e into the history of fashion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso available as a Persephone Grey. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCover painting\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDetail from \u003cem\u003eA Kitchen Interior\u003c\/em\u003e (1918) by Harold Harvey (1874-1941) \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e© Brighton and Hove Museums\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dorothy Whipple","offers":[{"title":"None","offer_id":54098813223219,"sku":"wer1789695174295","price":23.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Tissue paper","offer_id":54098813255987,"sku":"zfq1789695174296","price":30.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cambridge Imprint wrapping paper","offer_id":54098813288755,"sku":"eqm1789695174297","price":25.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Reusable fabric gift wrap","offer_id":54098813321523,"sku":"apq1789695174298","price":47.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0989\/0578\/4627\/files\/high-wages-classic-edition_1.jpg?v=1789695182","url":"https:\/\/sandstepclad.shop\/products\/high-wages-classic-edition","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}