<p>In this first instalment of the Guthrie's Lot series set in the late 1800s we meet Irvin Guthrie a practical no-nonsense man with a sick wife and a small child to care for. When his wife's doctor suggests they move to a warmer climate he spends everything he has on a property that ends up not being what he expected. </p><p>Joanna Grenham has dreams of being a school teacher. When an opportunity presents itself she jumps at the chance only to find herself given no choice but to care for Irvin's sick wife and child.</p><p>Will Irvin and Joanna make the most of their circumstances or will they forever find life as hard and unyielding as the ground in A Spacious Place.</p>