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Land Girls
Land Girls
Author: Angela Huth
Soon after the Battle of Britain, three young women - Prue, an apprentice hairdresser, Stella, giddily in love, and Agatha, a Cambridge graduate - are catapulted from their contrasting worlds and find themselves sharing a dormitory together in the depths of the West Country as land girls.
ISBN-13: 9780349106014
ISBN-10: 0349106010
Publication Date: 4/13/1995
Pages: 378
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Publisher: Abacus
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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catbookmom avatar reviewed Land Girls on + 52 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
I really enjoyed this book. It's a well-written slice-of-life story and it's easy to feel right away that you know these people and care about what happens to them. Though they come from quite different middle-class backgrounds, the women made and kept their commitments to learn to work the land, and didn't waste time or energy in petty squabbles; they just did what needed to be done. The main story runs for about a year, beginning in mid-1941, when life in this Dorset (southern England) area isn't yet too badly impacted by the bombings. While rationing is in force, in this farming area it's less difficult to manage.

It's interesting, touching, bitter-sweet, funny and bawdy, well worth your time to read.
RobinMarie avatar reviewed Land Girls on + 27 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I enjoyed the book. It is a quick read, good for vacation.
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I enjoyed the Land Girls primarily due to its glimpse of girls/women during WWII.
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A light historical read.


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