The Land Of Green Ginger

The Land Of Green Ginger

Winifred Holtby


Click above to enlarge

Official covers


Joanna Burton was born in South Africa but sent by her missionary father to be raised in Yorkshire. There she dreams of the far-off lands she will visit and adventures to come. At eighteen, tall and flaxen-haired, she meets Teddy Leigh, a young man on his way to the trenches of the First World War. Joanna has been in love before - with Sir Walter Raleigh, with the Scarlet Pimpernel, with Coriolanus - but this is different. Teddy tells her he's been given the world to wear as a golden ball. Joanna believes him and marries him, but the fabled shores recede into the distance when, after the war, Teddy returns in ill health. The magic land turns out to be the harsh reality of motherhood and life on a Yorkshire farm. Yet still she dares to dream.


Creakle
Add to My Creakle Click here
Creakle

Joanna Burton was born in South Africa but sent by her missionary father to be raised in Yorkshire. There she dreams of the far-off lands she will visit and adventures to come. At eighteen, tall and flaxen-haired, she meets Teddy Leigh, a young man on his way to the trenches of the First World War. Joanna has been in love before - with Sir Walter Raleigh, with the Scarlet Pimpernel, with Coriolanus - but this is different. Teddy tells her he's been given the world to wear as a golden ball. Joanna believes him and marries him, but the fabled shores recede into the distance when, after the war, Teddy returns in ill health. The magic land turns out to be the harsh reality of motherhood and life on a Yorkshire farm. Yet still she dares to dream.



Creakle
Winifred Holtby

Winifred Holtby was a committed socialist and feminist who wrote the classic "South Riding" as a warm yet sharp social critique of the well--to-do farming community she was born into.She was...


Reader Reviews --- Add YOURS!Click here

No Member ratings so far

Be the FIRST to rate this book!

Where are copies of this Book now!
Creakle
Libraryadmin   17-04-2019
Book left at : The Fox
View Book drop
Location:
Report Abuse
Creakle
Libraryadmin   21-08-2014
Book Found

Last Location: Halesowen GB
Report Abuse
Creakle
Libraryadmin   25-06-2014
Initial Entry by owner of the Book!
Location: Halesowen GB
Report Abuse