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The Land Girls
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Narrated by:
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Jennifer Vuletic
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By:
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Victoria Purman
About this listen
A moving story of love, loss, and survival against the odds by best-selling author of The Last of the Bonegilla Girls, Victoria Purman.
It was never just a man's war....
Melbourne,1942
War has engulfed Europe and now the Pacific, and Australia is fighting for its future. For spinster Flora Atkins, however, nothing much has changed. Tending her dull office job and beloved brother and father, as well as knitting socks for the troops, leaves her relatively content. Then one day, a stranger gives her brother a white feather and Flora's anger propels her out of her safe life and into the vineyards of the idyllic Mildura countryside, a member of the Australian Women's Land Army.
There she meets Betty, a 17-year-old former shopgirl keen to do her bit for the war effort and support her beloved, and the unlikely Lilian, a well-to-do Adelaide girl fleeing her overbearing family and the world's expectations for her. As the Land Girls embrace their new world of close-knit community and backbreaking work, they begin to find pride in their roles. More than that, they start to find a kind of liberation. For Flora, new friendships and the singular joy derived from working the land offer new meaning to her life, and even the possibility of love.
But as the clouds of war darken the horizon, and their fears for loved ones - brothers, husbands, lovers - fighting at the front grow, the Land Girls' hold on their world and their new-found freedoms is fragile. Even if they make it through unscathed, they will not come through unchanged....
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"A well-researched and moving story...." (Canberra Weekly)
©2019 Victoria Purman (P)2019 HarperCollins PublishersWhat listeners say about The Land Girls
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- Hawthorn🦋Cottage
- 25-06-2019
A Privilege to experience
wonderful narration of a must read book about Australian women during WW11. Genuinely heart moving. The sacrefice of family to keep our beloved country going. It was refreshing to read of South Australia a all too often forgotten state than has given so much to Austtralian history.
tears often flowed as the charectors were bought to life in a relaxed familiar way.
To wait until the 1990s for these wonderful women to be recognised by Canberra is a shame, most would have passed by then.
Thank You for writing this wonderful book and making us realize the work it took to produce the crops in the past .we have such machines now. There is a lesson too of attitude and respect working together with pride. something missing in today's society.
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- Anonymous User
- 31-10-2019
Tribute to Aussie spirit
The narrator brings this story to life. The highs & lows of the Women’s Land Army is a wonderful reflection of the strength of Australians in a time of conflict & confusion.
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- Anonymous User
- 29-09-2019
Great history
I love real history and she made it so real and interesting. Older people who are in age related to end of World War Two
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- Anonymous User
- 24-09-2020
my first audio book
I found this book captivating, it's historical references made great reading, I found it hard to put down . from beginning to end.
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- Louise Eder
- 13-01-2022
Absolutely loved this
Such a fabulous reading of an amazing story. The characters were brought beautifully to life through great accents and emotion. I was drawn to their story and moved by every moment. I thoroughly recommend this audio book. Enjoy
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- Amazon Customer
- 15-05-2019
A beautiful insight
I loved everything about this story. An insight into War times in Australia and a beautiful story about the woman who served their country. Lest We Forget
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- S.M.D
- 19-05-2021
Enjoyable and captivating
Wonderful incite to the life of young women in Australia during WW2. Great listening and great tribute to the real women who inspired this story.
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- Mack
- 05-09-2020
Wonderful and well written read
This book was so wonderful to read with descriptions of the era that bought back some lovely memories and painted pictures in my mind of wartime Australia. I really love the way this author writes and will be trying her other books.
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- Meredith
- 27-09-2019
Good Aussie drama
A really interesting story about a time in Australian history that we don’t know much about. It was a bit slow to get going but I thoroughly enjoyed it and would definitely recommend it. The narration was also excellent.
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- Amazon Customer
- 24-09-2020
could not stop listening
thoroughly enjoyed this book felt like I was with them every step I felt it all the pain the joy and their lifes.
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