With the country's men at war, it falls to the land girls to pitch in and do their bit... Stella arrives at Hallows Farm in her Rayon stockings, having just waved goodbye to the love of life - naval officer Philip. Agatha has just graduated from Cambridge; life on the Farm is certainly going to offer her a different kind of education. Prue, a hairdresser from Manchester, is used to painting the town red, not manual labour. Joe dreams of leaving the family farm and becoming a fighter pilot. But with the arrival of these three beautiful young women, there's enough to keep him busy on the farm for the time being... Work is hard and the effects of war start to take their toll on the three women. But as the bonds of friendship start to form and excitement builds as the RAF dance looms, maybe life in the countryside isn't so bad after all?
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The modern classic of life on the Home Front re-issued with a great new cover.
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Angela Huth has written eleven novels, four collections of short stories as well as plays for radio, TV and the stage. Two of her earlier novels - Virginia Fly is Drowning and Sun Child - she adapted for the BBC and Land Girls was made into the 1998 feature film The Land Girls. She is also a well-known freelance journalist, critic broadcaster. She is married to a don, lives in Oxford and has two daughters.
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By Pam Burfitt
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This book was very enjoyable and hard to put down. I have not read many books but now find the Kindle has re-kindled my interest and I try to pick the Kindle up whenever I can.
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Well after watching the TV series we had to buy this book [for kindle] and it is a jolly good holiday read, especially on long plane journeys.
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By Jude
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I borrowed it from our mobile library and then bought it from Amazon for a friend. Hopefully she will find it as 'page-turning' as I did.
No time to write more, sorry, only to say it is a gentle book with excellent descriptions of the farm, people and jobs on the farm. If I'd been alive during the war I should love to have been a Land Girl.
No time to write more, sorry, only to say it is a gentle book with excellent descriptions of the farm, people and jobs on the farm. If I'd been alive during the war I should love to have been a Land Girl.
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By Nicola Taunt
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This was a gentle read that kept my attention without being overly engaging.
I wasn't a huge fan of Angela Huth's writing style and her dialogue is rather stilted at times. In places, the book reads like a novel-by-numbers, but it did a reasonable job of depicting the life of a land girl during the war years.
The ending was somewhat disappointing, with Huth telling us what happens to her characters rather than showing us. It feels a bit like she was bored with her story and couldn't really be bothered finishing the story, so she wraps it up in a couple of pages.
All in all, this was interesting as a historical piece, but too light on plot to be really enjoyable.
I wasn't a huge fan of Angela Huth's writing style and her dialogue is rather stilted at times. In places, the book reads like a novel-by-numbers, but it did a reasonable job of depicting the life of a land girl during the war years.
The ending was somewhat disappointing, with Huth telling us what happens to her characters rather than showing us. It feels a bit like she was bored with her story and couldn't really be bothered finishing the story, so she wraps it up in a couple of pages.
All in all, this was interesting as a historical piece, but too light on plot to be really enjoyable.
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Having watched the TV series I was intrigued by the role of the Land Girls, and in this book it really gives an insight .
Three girls from different lifestyles. Its easy reading and I really enjoyed it.
Three girls from different lifestyles. Its easy reading and I really enjoyed it.
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By jan
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I enjoyed this book it was an interesting read. It shows the life and hard work by the land girls. The book is interesting all the way through, thought there could have been more, perhaps another book. easy read.
By marge
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I liked this book as it gave an insight into life for the Land Girls in WW2. It was however, a bit chick-lit for me and spent a lot of time describing the sexual exploits of the three girls.
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Angela Huth's bestselling novel is set in the middle of World War II, in Dorset, one of the loveliest English counties. In the autumn of 1942, three very different girls arrive to work as land girls on Hallows Farm, the home of John and Faith Lawrence. Prue is a cheery hairdresser from Manchester, intent on marrying a millionaire, but until she finds him determined to sleep with as many attractive men as possible. Ag is a serious Cambridge literature graduate, nourishing an untold passion for another Cambridge student and more knowledgeable about books than about life. And Stella is a pretty, dreamy girl from the home counties, addicted to being in love, and currently dreaming about Philip, a young naval officer who she has only met three times. Over the months that the three girls work at Hallows Farm, they become close friends, and learn huge amounts about farming and the animal kingdom. They befriend kindly, quiet Farmer Lawrence and his motherly wife, all get involved (in different ways) with the Lawrences' son Joe, unable to fight in the war due to asthma, and develop an appreciation for the company of Ratty Tyler, the farmhand, an expert in ratcatching and lambing, who adores the girls and finds their chatter and company a true relief from his unhappy marriage. And during their months at the farm, one of the land girls will develop a great and lifelong passion - but which one?
This novel started splendidly with a description of the girls' arrival, and their first night together, chatting in the attic bedroom in the farmhouse before going to sleep.... Read more ›
This novel started splendidly with a description of the girls' arrival, and their first night together, chatting in the attic bedroom in the farmhouse before going to sleep.... Read more ›
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Really enjoyed it!
Really enjoyed this book, a lovely story, well painted pictures and characters, made me want to be a land girl!
Published 3 months ago by RosiePinky
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Land girls
This book was and excellent read and has been passed on to friends to read along with its sequel book
Published 3 months ago by valdav
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land girls
land girls by angela huth is a really great book to read couldnt put it down really enjoyed this book
Published 3 months ago by sadie
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disappointed
Having read a lot of this era, I was rather disappointed, I got rather board with it, although it gave you a good insight to what it was like being a land girl
Published 3 months ago by raymond
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A good read
I enjoy books written about the war or historical novels. This book tells of the struggle of the land girls who kept Britain in food during WW2. Read more
Published 5 months ago by TinaA
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