All Our Yesterdays

From the quiet fields of Dorset on the eve of World War II to the embattled farms of Rhodesia in the 1970s, All Our Yesterdays traces families bound to the land they love… and to the storms of history they cannot escape.

Marguerite Stearle grows up among Dorset’s cliffs and fields, her childhood shaped by loss and the steady rhythms of the countryside. Family, friends, and the land itself anchor her as war, class, and social change sweep through her world.

Love carries her across continents, from Dorset to Rhodesia, where she and her husband face the beauty and brutality of a land in upheaval. The rising tide of guerrilla warfare, the collapse of old certainties, and the cost of holding on to home and hope test them at every turn.

As farms burn and communities fracture, as generations are pushed to the brink, one question hangs over them: can love—and loyalty—endure when history calls, or will they be swept away by forces beyond their control?

Across continents, across generations, the tides of empire shape all they touch.