City Girl, Country Girl: The inspiring true stories of courageous women forging new lives in the Australian bush
Liz Harfull
Aug 2016 · Bolinda · Narrated by Liz Harfull
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‘I’m sitting down to write the opening lines of this book a year to the day since my mum died. She is constantly in my thoughts, not just because I miss her terribly, but because she was the inspiration for this collection of stories about women who have come from very different places to make a new life in rural Australia.’ City Girl, Country Girl brings together the stories of women who have left lives in the city or another country to build a new future in places where knowing how to milk a cow or drive a tractor stand them in far better stead than an ability to negotiate rush-hour traffic or find a good cappuccino. It ranges in scope from the classic outback story of Sarah Durack in the late 1800s, to the author’s own mother’s experiences of swapping wartime Melbourne for a dairy farm on the Limestone Coast, to the present day. City Girl, Country Girl is a compelling and fascinating account of these women’s journeys as they struggle through personal tragedy, hardship and self-doubt with grace, humour, perseverance and more than a little hard work.
About the author
Liz Harfull’s passion is finding engaging ways to tell the stories of rural and regional Australia. As an author, she is focussed on capturing the lives, experiences and history of rural Australians and their communities through her writing and photography. Her first book, The Blue Ribbon Cookbook, focussed on the traditions of country shows and country-show cooking in South Australia. Since then Liz has written two national bestsellers: Women of the Land and The Australian Blue Ribbon Cookbook. Both books made the national Top 10 best-seller list for non-fiction.
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