Digging for victory at Rookery House / Rosie Hendry; read by Patience Tomlinson.
By: Hendry, Rosie [author].
Contributor(s): Tomlinson, Patience [Reader].
Series: Hendry, Rosie. Rookery House: 2.Publisher: Leicester : Ulverscroft, Magna, 2024Description: 7 sound discs (CD) (approximately 7 hr. 34 min.) : digital ; 12 cm.Content type: spoken word Media type: audio Carrier type: audio discISBN: 9781399131988.Subject(s): Women's Land Army (Great Britain) -- Fiction | World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- Fiction | Families -- Fiction | Village communities -- Fiction | Norfolk (England) -- FictionGenre/Form: Domestic fiction. | Audiobooks.Online resources: Click here to access online Cast: Tomlinson, Patience.Summary: March, 1941. After Flo Butterworth loses everything in Manchester's Christmas Blitz, she decides to leave the area and join the Women's Land Army. Putting the past firmly behind her, she arrives at Rookery House in Norfolk hoping for a new start and a chance to do the gardening work she loves. The grip of war has intensified and growing more food is vital to keep the nation going. Thea buys an extra field to grow crops, and in the village, her sister Prue leads members of The Mother's Day Club and Women's Institute as they take on a derelict allotment. Meanwhile the construction of a nearby aerodrome disrupts village life and brings even more new residents to Rookery House, including Hettie's difficult sister, Ada. With Rookery House now bursting at the seams, will it still be the happy home it's always been? When an enemy plane crashes nearby, Flo must help German airmen who might have been directly responsible for her family loss. She quickly finds that her heart-breaking past cannot so easily be forgotten. Can she do the right thing? And will her new friends help her move on towards a brighter future?| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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Tomlinson, Patience.
March, 1941. After Flo Butterworth loses everything in Manchester's Christmas Blitz, she decides to leave the area and join the Women's Land Army. Putting the past firmly behind her, she arrives at Rookery House in Norfolk hoping for a new start and a chance to do the gardening work she loves. The grip of war has intensified and growing more food is vital to keep the nation going. Thea buys an extra field to grow crops, and in the village, her sister Prue leads members of The Mother's Day Club and Women's Institute as they take on a derelict allotment. Meanwhile the construction of a nearby aerodrome disrupts village life and brings even more new residents to Rookery House, including Hettie's difficult sister, Ada. With Rookery House now bursting at the seams, will it still be the happy home it's always been? When an enemy plane crashes nearby, Flo must help German airmen who might have been directly responsible for her family loss. She quickly finds that her heart-breaking past cannot so easily be forgotten. Can she do the right thing? And will her new friends help her move on towards a brighter future?
Adult.