The Pea Pickers
Author: Langley, Eve
ISBN: 9780732296940
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Year First Published: 2013
Pages: 396
Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 28mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
A semi-autobiographical novel set in rural Australia in the 1920s
In tHE PEA PICKERS, a novel based on Eve Langley's own experiences, Steve and Blue are two girls who, dressed as men, are taken on as itinerant workers for the farmers of Gippsland. they pack apples and pick peas. But their disguise is partial - and their quest is for love. For Blue the novel ends in marriage; but not for Steve. For her, desire is never straightforward, and love - for men, for women, for country - leaves her confused, but independent.
ISBN: 9780732296940
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Year First Published: 2013
Pages: 396
Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 28mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
A semi-autobiographical novel set in rural Australia in the 1920s
In tHE PEA PICKERS, a novel based on Eve Langley's own experiences, Steve and Blue are two girls who, dressed as men, are taken on as itinerant workers for the farmers of Gippsland. they pack apples and pick peas. But their disguise is partial - and their quest is for love. For Blue the novel ends in marriage; but not for Steve. For her, desire is never straightforward, and love - for men, for women, for country - leaves her confused, but independent.
