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Canterbury 1941: World War II has left New Zealand farms bereft of young men. Whipsnade Farm, home of the McKnight family becomes a training farm for the young women who leave the city to volunteer as land girls.After farewelling her brothers off to war, Grace encourages her friend Betsy to join her in the Women's Land Army. Betsy comes with the hope farming will keep her busy and without time to ponder the whereabouts of her fiancé, Roland. They are joined at Whipsnade, by the diminutive Alice who sees no option but to sign up, and the vivacious Moira who manages to glam up her overalls and gumboots and maintain her manicure despite the rigours of rural life. Together they learn all the facets of farming, exposed to the weather, the animals and the men that come into their lives. What they learn and what they sacrifice in three months will set the course for their future.Can Grace keep everyone safe under her wings? Even the escaped soldier?

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Tania plays with numbers by day and words by night to bring history alive with a blend of humour and love. Giving a voice to her female characters as they journey through life and overcome its challenges to find love in whatever form that may take, for to love, is to live.She lives in Taranaki, New Zealand in a small seaside village with the mountain at her back. If she's not at her keyboard you'll find her in the garden or walking in the sunshine.If contemporary romance is your reading preference, then you can find her steamy novels under her pen name Alison Cook.

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