The Daughters of Hallows Farm, Angela Huth, Anne Bruneau, Christiane Armandet

October 1941. Three young female volunteers find themselves on an isolated farm in Dorset to replace the men who have gone to war: sassy Prue, a hairdresser from Manchester; romantic Stella, who believes herself to be in love with a naval officer; and Agatha, the dreamy Cambridge student. Their intrusion will disrupt the lives of the farmers—especially Joe, their son, discharged from service for health reasons and officially engaged to Janet, who works in a munitions factory. In this perplexing rustic setting, Prue, Stella, and Agatha will forge complicated and intense bonds with each other and with their hosts, bonds that will last a lifetime. The seemingly peaceful countryside can foster games and flames of all kinds of passions. A moving and humorous psychological fresco in the great tradition of English women novelists.