{"product_id":"9781489390509","title":"City Girl, Country Girl: The Inspiring True Stories of Courageous Women Forging New Lives in the Australian Bush","description":"\u003cp\u003e“I’m sitting down to write the opening lines of this book a year to the day since my mum died. She is constantly in my thoughts, not just because I miss her terribly, but because she was the inspiration for this collection of stories about women who have come from very different places to make a new life in rural Australia.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCity Girl, Country Girl\u003c\/i\u003e brings together the stories of women who have left lives in the city or another country to build a new future in places where knowing how to milk a cow or drive a tractor stand them in far better stead than an ability to negotiate rush-hour traffic or find a good cappuccino.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt ranges in scope from the classic outback story of Sarah Durack in the late 1800s, to the author’s own mother’s experiences of swapping wartime Melbourne for a dairy farm on the Limestone Coast, to the present day. \u003ci\u003eCity Girl, Country Girl\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling and fascinating account of these women’s journeys as they struggle through personal tragedy, hardship and self-doubt with grace, humour, perseverance and more than a little hard work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bolinda Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47061829452016,"sku":"9781489390509","price":9.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781489390509_p0.jpg?v=1763642040","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781489390509","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}