A heart rending Northern saga. Abigail Vikers has finally escaped the factory where she has worked since leaving school at fourteen. She has fallen in love with James Benson and he with her. The only fly in the ointment is her bitter and spiteful mother, who is casting a cloud on their happinesss. In 1939 when war is declared, James enlists., then nine months later news arrives that will break Abby's heart. Devastated she joins the Land Army with her friend Winnie, and together with a new chum Rowena they are bileted in a farm in Yorkshire. Their lives take an astonishing twist. Meanwhile Abby's mother sets out to hurt her daughter in the most callous way.
"A heart rending Northern saga. Abigail Vikers has finally escaped the factory where she has worked since leaving school at fourteen. She has fallen in love with James Benson and he with her. The only fly in the ointment is her bitter and spiteful mother, who is casting a cloud on their happinesss. In 1939 when war is declared, James enlists., then nine months later news arrives that will break Abby's heart. Devastated she joins the Land Army with her friend Winnie, and together with a new chum Rowena they are bileted in a farm in Yorkshire. Their lives take an astonishing twist. Meanwhile Abby's mother sets out to hurt her daughter in the most callous way."@en
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