The Farmer's Wife

is 1939,and life is very basic with no power or conveniences. A son is
born and their happiness is complete.
But the world that baby Nev is born into is changing. World War II, is raging in
Europe, and then when Japan enters the war Australia is in danger. Ted is drafted
into the Australian Army.
Ted wants Lil and Nev to return to her family in the goldfields, but Lil insists on
remaining on the farm.
Lil continues running the farm, first her sister comes to stay with her, freeing
Lil to do the outside work, but has to return home to educate her daughter. Lil
learns about cropping, shearing and improving her flock of sheep. Problems
arise when nev gets sick, a worker becomes over friendly and she has fire that
destroys a lot of her paddocks and sheep.
She then buys another farm and is in debt and risks losing everything.
Lil is now a successful, confident woman, and when Ted returns home at the
end of the war, he is broken, injured man. They fid it hard to return to a loving
relationship, for a son to accept him, and to fight the demons of war memories.