The Farmer's Wife - Softcover

Turner, Dale

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1465358692 ISBN 13: 9781465358691

Publisher: Xlibris, 1900

Synopsis

"is 1939,and life is very basic with no power or conveniences. A son isborn and their happiness is complete.But the world that baby Nev is born into is changing. World War II, is raging inEurope, and then when Japan enters the war Australia is in danger. Ted is draftedinto the Australian Army.Ted wants Lil and Nev to return to her family in the goldfields, but Lil insists onremaining on the farm.Lil continues running the farm, first her sister comes to stay with her, freeingLil to do the outside work, but has to return home to educate her daughter. Lillearns about cropping, shearing and improving her flock of sheep. Problemsarise when nev gets sick, a worker becomes over friendly and she has fire thatdestroys a lot of her paddocks and sheep.She then buys another farm and is in debt and risks losing everything.Lil is now a successful, confident woman, and when Ted returns home at theend of the war, he is broken, injured man. They fid it hard to return to a lovingrelationship, for a son to accept him, and to fight the demons of war memories."

Edition details

• Publisher: Xlibris
• Publication date: 1900
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1465358692
• ISBN 13: 9781465358691
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 148