A powerhouse of a nonfiction book. Meticulously researched; heartbreaking in its attention to the women affected by employment at radium-based corporations and their families; and rage-inducing in its description of how the corporations did everything they could to hide the dangers of radium and shirk their responsibility to their employees. 
 I would warn that this is often difficult to read, and if a person has medical anxiety or issues with reading about body trauma, it's going to be upsetting. But it's also inspiring. The way these women refused to give in or give up, even when they knew that it was too late for them, is incredible. They fought for themselves, but even more so, they fought to keep their tragedy from being repeated in the future. 
 "Nevertheless, she persisted."