It is 1922 in London. Twenty-year-old Eleanor Mackridge chafes against the limited future society has prescribed for her: serving the upper classes or a conventional marriage. Having experienced the independence and better pay of working in a munitions factory during the war, Eleanor rejects the post-war societal push to put women back "in their place." Her encounter with a member of the infamous female-led Forty Elephants gang opens her eyes to a different path, one of boldness, luxury, and taking what she desires, embodying the belief that men will only let you down. Diamonds are forever.
Eleanor transforms into "Nell" and joins a cell of the Forty Elephants, embracing a life of sophisticated thievery alongside Effie, Lily, and Charlie. Poor Girls vividly exposes the criminal underbelly of 1920s London, offering not a morality tale but an adventure for the willingly wicked."Through richly drawn, albeit fictionalized, characters, the book provides an authentic portrayal of how this real-life gang operated, shedding light on the social and economic constraints faced by women in the 1920s and celebrating the resilience, wit, and complex nature of women who defied societal expectations.
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