A wartime summer / Rosie Meddon.
By: Meddon, Rosie [author].
Series: Meddon, Rosie. Sisters' war: 1.Publisher: Leicester : Ulverscroft, Magna, 2023Edition: Large print edition.Description: 390 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780750550314.Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain -- Fiction | World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Fiction | Farm life -- Fiction | Interpersonal relations -- FictionGenre/Form: Domestic fiction. | Large type books.Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: Hope and opportunity can come from even the bleakest of moments. Left homeless after the Exeter Blitz, May must find a job if she's to put a roof over her head and help support her two younger sisters. Taking a job as housekeeper to farmer George, May soon ends up getting stuck into more than just cleaning and cooking. The Ministry of Agriculture will close Fair Maids Farm if it doesn't meet their produce targets, but George refuses to heed their warnings. With only two reluctant Land Girls to help, May receives unexpected guidance from Dan, a neighbouring farmer, whose kindness gets tongues wagging in the village. But secrets and sabotage lie ahead - can May hold her own in a world she's unfamiliar with and turn the fortunes of the farm around?| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Adult book | Chester Lane Library Large Print | Issued | 13/05/2024 | 38055013161104 |
Hope and opportunity can come from even the bleakest of moments. Left homeless after the Exeter Blitz, May must find a job if she's to put a roof over her head and help support her two younger sisters. Taking a job as housekeeper to farmer George, May soon ends up getting stuck into more than just cleaning and cooking. The Ministry of Agriculture will close Fair Maids Farm if it doesn't meet their produce targets, but George refuses to heed their warnings. With only two reluctant Land Girls to help, May receives unexpected guidance from Dan, a neighbouring farmer, whose kindness gets tongues wagging in the village. But secrets and sabotage lie ahead - can May hold her own in a world she's unfamiliar with and turn the fortunes of the farm around?
Adult.