I love reading about Australia’s history, but more from a perspective of “what was life like for people living in that time” than “what happened on which date. I also have a fascination for our wartime history. After all, my grandparents served in World War One and my parents in World War Two. These are among the reasons I was so thrilled to receive an ARC of The Land Girls.
This story did not disappoint. Viewed through the eyes of three very different women, mid 1940’s Australia unfolded before me. I could easily imagine the backbreaking effort involved in pulling flax or harvesting grapes and the cuts and scrapes from picking cherries or apples or perhaps pruning trees. It is very clear that this was no stroll through the vegetable patch, but rather serious hard slogging in often unpleasant conditions.
The Land Girls is not just a glimpse at Australian wartime history. There are personal stories interwoven through this book, and Flora, Betty and Lilly are very real people with very real worries, hopes and dreams. The book also takes readers out into the Australian countryside from the Adelaide Hills to Mildura on the banks of the Murray River and Batlow on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range.
The story is well paced allowing readers to absorb the lives of its characters yet move forward to see what will befall them next. I liked that little bits of adversity were dropped onto the pages whenever I was getting comfortable with the setting, ensuring my loyalty to the characters and my enthusiasm to see how things would end.
For anybody looking for a darned good Australian historical fiction with a dash of romance all I can say is look no further. And if you’d just like to get a glimpse of life in wartime Australia but can’t be bothered doing all the research that Victoria Purman has done then this is the book for you. Loved it!
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