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City Girl, Country Girl

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'I'm sitting down to write the opening lines of this book a year to the day since my mum died. She is constantly in my thoughts, not just because I miss her terribly, but because she was the inspiration for this collection of stories about women who have come from very different places to make a new life in rural Australia.'

City Girl, Country Girl brings together the stories of women who have left lives in the city or another country to build a new future in places where knowing how to milk a cow or drive a tractor stand them in far better stead than an ability to negotiate rush-hour traffic or find a good cappuccino.

It ranges in scope from the classic outback story of Sarah Durack in the late 1800s, to the author's own mother's experiences of swapping wartime Melbourne for a dairy farm on the Limestone Coast, to the present day. City Girl, Country Girl is a compelling and fascinating account of these women's journeys as they struggle through personal tragedy, hardship and self-doubt with grace, humour, perseverance and more than a little hard work.


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Publisher: Allen & Unwin

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  • ISBN: 9781952533488
  • File size: 8713 KB
  • Release date: March 23, 2016

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781952533488
  • File size: 8713 KB
  • Release date: March 23, 2016

PDF ebook

  • ISBN: 9781952533488
  • File size: 7496 KB
  • Release date: March 23, 2016

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'I'm sitting down to write the opening lines of this book a year to the day since my mum died. She is constantly in my thoughts, not just because I miss her terribly, but because she was the inspiration for this collection of stories about women who have come from very different places to make a new life in rural Australia.'

City Girl, Country Girl brings together the stories of women who have left lives in the city or another country to build a new future in places where knowing how to milk a cow or drive a tractor stand them in far better stead than an ability to negotiate rush-hour traffic or find a good cappuccino.

It ranges in scope from the classic outback story of Sarah Durack in the late 1800s, to the author's own mother's experiences of swapping wartime Melbourne for a dairy farm on the Limestone Coast, to the present day. City Girl, Country Girl is a compelling and fascinating account of these women's journeys as they struggle through personal tragedy, hardship and self-doubt with grace, humour, perseverance and more than a little hard work.


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  • Details

    Publisher:
    Allen & Unwin

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781952533488
    File size: 8713 KB
    Release date: March 23, 2016

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781952533488
    File size: 8713 KB
    Release date: March 23, 2016

    PDF ebook
    ISBN: 9781952533488
    File size: 7496 KB
    Release date: March 23, 2016

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  • Formats
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
    PDF ebook
  • Languages
    English