Review:
Feb 14 2007
Everyman's rules for scientific living by Carrie Tiffany
Louis Braille
Audio
16+ Set in the Mallee during the 1930's, this haunting reading by Jenny
Seedsman brings vividly alive the trials of farm life during the
Depression and the lead up to World War 2. Robert Pettergree and Jean
Finnegan meet on the government 'Better Farming Train' which brings
city advice to farmers. They settle on a small farm, and Robert is
determined to live by scientific rules and change wheat farming by
using scientific methods. However natural disasters cannot be ruled by
science and neither can love. The reader gives an authentic voice to
the characters, highlighting their humour, struggles and
disappointment, making this an engrossing historical book to listen to.
Pat Pledger
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