Factory Girls

This morning I finished reading Factory Girls. This is strange for me because in recent years, I either haven't had enough time to really devote myself to a book, or I have had too many books going at once for any of them to finish in a timely fashion. Factory Girls just pulled me in, though, and I couldn't put it down.

Chang focuses less on the work done in the factory itself, and more on the conditions and choices present in the girls' lives, and how they react and adapt to those challenges. It's difficult to sum up because I've never encountered anything like this before.

They grab life by the neck, and eat their bitterness.

Any woman in any job should read this book.