The Pea Pickers
Published on 1. March 2013
396 pages
978-1-74309-931-5 (ISBN)
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.
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Australia
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Illustrations
Not illustrated
ISBN-13
978-1-74309-931-5 (9781743099315)
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Eve Langley (1904-74) was the daughter of Arthur Alexander Langley and Mira Davidson. Eve and her younger sister, June, grew up to be lively, adventurous tomboys. When Eve was twenty and June nineteen, they set out to work as agricultural labourers, dressed in men's clothing.
