About this item
Betty Felton's father was a newsagent in Mill Hill, but her eldest brother had moved to a Derbyshire farm and had married Meg, the farmer's daughter, immediately before he was shipped to the Western Front. Betty saw no joy in suburban life; her brother's tales of his farming experiences had fired her girlish imagination, for it all sounded glamorous and dramatic. In 1918, beset by domestic affliction and war-time difficulties, Meg invited her sixteen-year-old sister-in-law to join her as companion. Betty accepted eagerly and travelled to Oakleigh with high hopes.
The actuality was different from her imaginings; farming was more complex and more demanding than she had thought.
Price clipped; owner inscription to title page, slight browning to page edges, otherwise attractive book.
This tender story is a delightful aside in the saga of Oakleigh Farm.
- Author(s):
- Layberry, L. G. J. (Layton George Joseph)
- Condition:
- Used: very good
- Dimensions:
- 8vo
- Edition:
- First
- Format:
- Hardback
- ISBN-10:
- 0859362892
- ISBN-13:
- 9780859362894
- Number of pages:
- 148
- Publisher:
- Midas
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