Book - Novel, Ruck, Berta (Roberta Amy Ruck (Mrs Oliver Onions, Amy Oliver), A land-girl's love story, [n.d.] [1919?]

Physical description

344 p. First pages, including title page, are missing. Plain brown cover with leather trim. Title and author's name embossed on spine. Book shows signs of having been repaired and re-bound. "Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute" embossed on spine.

Publication type

fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Book plate pasted inside front cover: "Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute Circulating Library". This has had paper pasted over it.

Summary

A novel set during World War I, which focuses on a young woman who joins the Women's Land Army in Britain. The story explores her journey as she transitions from city to rural life, and her developing romance with a soldier.

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