TY - BOOK AU - Wilkinson,Annie TI - The land girls SN - 9781471115394 PY - 2014/// PB - Simon & Schuster KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - England, North East KW - Fiction N2 - Hull, 1943. Seventeen-year-old Muriel Dearlove has weathered the Blitz unscathed, earning her keep in Miss Chapman's grocery shop. But with her sweetheart Bill away fighting and and her friends conscripted into the WRENs and WAAF, life has become tedious. Then a friend returns from a stint in the Land Army, rosy cheeked and healthier than ever thanks to the outdoor work she has been doing on Northumberland's farms. She also comes with tales of dances with the troops stationed nearby and high jinks with her fellow Land Girls. Desp ER -