A Spacious Place: 1 (Guthrie's Lot)

In this first instalment of the Guthries 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 wifes doctor suggests they move to a warmer climate he spends everything he has on a property that ends up not being what he expected. 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 Irvins sick wife and child.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.