The Farmer's Wife

Is 1939And Life Is Very Basic With No Power Or Conveniences. A Son Isborn And Their Happiness Is Complete.But The World That Baby Nev Is Born Into Is Changing. World War Ii Is Raging Ineurope And Then When Japan Enters The War Australia Is In Danger. Ted Is Draftedinto The Australian Army.Ted Wants Lil And Nev To Return To Her Family In The Goldfields But Lil Insists Onremaining On The Farm.Lil Continues Running The Farm First Her Sister Comes To Stay With Her Freeinglil To Do The Outside Work But Has To Return Home To Educate Her Daughter. Lillearns About Cropping Shearing And Improving Her Flock Of Sheep. Problemsarise When Nev Gets Sick A Worker Becomes Over Friendly And She Has Fire Thatdestroys 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 Theend Of The War He Is Broken Injured Man. They Fid It Hard To Return To A Lovingrelationship For A Son To Accept Him And To Fight The Demons Of War Memories.