Land Girls

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Summary: Better than expected!
Review: I was pleasantly surprised at how well-written and thought out Land Girls is. I especially enjoyed Ms. Huth's depiction of farm life for this trio of greenhorns. She has an engaging style of writing that captures the reader's imagination, and allows one to feel a partnership with the charactors. The only problem I had with the charactors of Prue, Ag and Stella was that their relationships with one another were a little too easy and pat. A little more conflict, considering their disparate backgrounds and moral upbringings would have lent more authenticity to their roles. A very enjoyable read overall.

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Summary: Land Girls
Review: In this 20th Century based novel, 'Land Girls' by Angela Huth, the author takes three girls through a life changing experience. Huth takes wealthy city girls Aga, Prue, and Stella to live on a farm. On this farm, these girls have to perform jobs that men would do if they were not at war. WWII is going on and it will take a while for these girls to get adjusted. 'This place was horribly old-fashioned, Gloomy, dingy.'(p.10) Everything was terribly different from home, but even though these girls came from different backgrounds, they help each other survive. They are bound to become friends for life. These young girls will encounter love, honor, friendship, and courage through the adventures in this novel.
Angela Huth wrote a great novel in which she is able to put war together with love and friendship. I think that it is a great talent to be able to put all these concepts together in one book. I also like the way the characters were chosen because they are very different, which means that the reader will have fun reading about the different issues these characters will encounter. The change in life styles for these girls is also a big deal that makes the story more interesting because we will see how the girls change from their peaceful lives at home to this farm. All the girls encounter love with a certain boy, which is also interesting because we see how love acts on different people. The best thing in this book is the way the author takes all these characters, which are strangers to each other and take them through many adventures that, will make them become friends for life.
This novel could be recommended to both men and women. To women because the novel is all about how women are able to do as much as men when it comes to hard work. With this novel, women will get the encouragement that we can do man jobs and that we are as good or even better than they are when it comes to inner strength. Because the women in this novel have plenty of inner strength for joining the Women's Land Army and working for men. Men should read this novel so they can learn to appreciate women. With this novel men will see that women are very hard working who will do many things for them. Men will realize that women are not useless and that they can carry on with or without men. I would not recommend this novel to younger, immature people because it contains some sexuality. 'Get your knickers off as fast as you can is my belief, before the poor buggers are shot down. Bit of quick fun, then off to the next one.'(p.180) Overall this novel is very interesting and adventurous; reading it was a very exciting experience.

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Summary: INTERESTING!
Review: It's a good read. Had never heard of the "land girls before, looked interesting, and it was!. Good characters, reminded me of some of my own girlfriends, the wild one, the shy one, the perfect one. Liked learning more about farm life in England at the time, sort of made me yearn for a good day of hard yet rewarding work. Also loved the older men in the story dealing with their lost youth, their dreams, their crushes on the young girls, it was sweet. And oh, that farm boy, busy lad I must say! All in all a good book, hope it makes a great movie.

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Summary: Three unforgettable young women in World War II England.
Review: Prue, the would-be movie star who wears lipstick and chiffon while shoveling manure. Stella, the dreamy romantic who discovers that the photograph of her naval officer boyfriend is more exciting than the real thing. Bookish Ag, yearning for the love of her Oxford professor -- yet not immune to the attractions of the strapping farmer's son. These three young women, enlistees in the Women's Land Army in World War II England, leave their comfortable homes to plough fields, herd sheep, and milk cows on a remote farm in the English countryside. With all the young men fighting, the taciturn farm family is forced to accept these "land girls" as hired hands -- and their lives are changed forever by the lively trio. An engaging, memorable story