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An absolutely heartbreaking and uplifting First World War story of hardship and hope. 1912. Fifteen-year-old Kate Truscott waves goodbye to her family and leaves her small Hampshire village to become a nursemaid to five children she's never met. Her heart full of hope, she's looking forward to a new adventure. Life in town with the wealthy Winton family is very different to anything this simple country girl has known before. Mr Winton is strict but his wife is kindly, and Kate soon settles in. She enjoys looking after her mischievous young charges, and becomes firm friends with Clara, the eldest daughter. At the same time, she can't help but notice that eighteen-year-old Philip, the eldest son, is so very handsome. Kate knows that society would never accept a match between a wealthy banker's son and a lowly nursemaid. So when local gardener Archie asks her to walk out with him, Kate agrees - even though her heart belongs to Philip. Then war breaks out. Both Philip and Archie enlist in the army and head to France, leaving Kate bereft. When Kate discovers she's pregnant, she has no one to turn to. Facing the horrors of the workhouse, Kate's future looks bleak. What will happen to Kate as a penniless unmarried mother at a time when women are judged harshly and the men are away at war? The Country Girl is Sally Tarpey's debut novel, and is inspired by the true story of her grandfather's first wife.

An absolutely heartbreaking and uplifting story of hardship and hope in the aftermath of World War I.1922. After the horrors of the Great War, the close-knit Truscott family return to everyday life on their busy Hampshire farm.But the two Truscott sisters are on very different paths. Kate is happily married to Albert, content to be a mother and farmer's wife. Her younger sister Dot sets her heart on becoming a teacher.But an unforeseen tragedy means Dot must give up her place at college. Instead she resigns herself to becoming a lady's companion to wealthy Mrs Humboldt, who is a difficult woman to please.Accompanying Mrs H. to Eastbourne, Dot enters an intoxicating new world of cocktails, circuses and dance halls, a life far removed from her quiet Hampshire village. And soon this naïve country girl catches the eye of a sophisticated seducer . . .Dot must quickly learn the ways of the world if she is to forge her own path, on her own terms. But in her single-minded pursuit of her career, is she in danger of missing out on love altogether?