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Das Glück Der Roten Erde (2012)

by Fiona Palmer(Favorite Author)

4.43 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Diana Verlag

review 1: Yet another amazing book from Fiona Palmer. So far I have read three of her five country themed books (with two more to go) and they have all been awesome, so beautifully detailed the landscape, the county, the farms right down to the fine art of farm work even.I found "The Family Farm" very hard to put down to do my own work (thanks Fiona). These books are seriously addictive and Fiona's style of writing is just so easy to read and her characters so relatable. I even fell in love with Tom the dog.I'm glad I've only got two more books to go because they are wonderful and I HIGHLY recommend them to anyone who loves a leisurely read, you will find yourself fully ingrossed but I need to do housework :) I loved Izzy, cried for Claire, stressed over Will, wanted to scream at ... moreher father, felt for her mother, and then Blake and Simo and Mickey came in, the book was fast paced, action packed and just beautifully written.
review 2: Isabelle (Izzy) Simpson returns home to her family farm in WA with the hope of convincing her father to let her take over it, but he is quite adamant that a woman’s place is not working on the farm. The death of her older sister Claire, several years prior has caused a rift between Izzy and her father as he tries to protect her from harm, but in doing so holds her back from fulfilling her dreams.Not only does she return to work with her stubborn father but she must also confront a long-standing grudge with her teenage crush, Will Timmins. The young bloke who has grown into a man in the years she’s been absent but in her eyes is still the flirtatious, careless mate she left behind. Living on adjacent properties they grew up together, Izzy as the younger sister tagalong while Claire and Will were best mates. Now she’s returned and Will realises she’s not that little kid sister anymore, but a grown, beautiful woman and he struggles to make sense of their past and present.Izzy is strong-willed, hard-working and determined to make a life for herself on the land, whether her father agrees to it or not. When he is injured in a fire on the property and hospitalised for several weeks, Izzy takes the opportunity to prove to her father that she can run the farm all on her own- even though she’s a woman. Unknowingly he leaves Will in charge of the property which infuriates Izzy further and requires that they work together despite their differences.A growing attraction between Will and Izzy challenges their beliefs about each other, the past and the chance of a future together. A string of events bring them together but the feud with her father ultimately drives them apart and Izzy runs away to start afresh, leaving behind Will to pick up the pieces of her fragile family.I loved The Family Farm, Will and Izzy are great characters who have individual conflicts that make them vulnerable to deepening their newfound friendship into something more serious. Both are insecure in their own ways, fearful of losing their friendship and this gets in the way of them making any real headway and revealing their true feelings. Izzy is an admirable protagonist, with a clear vision about her future and isn’t willing to let anyone get in the way of it.Another fantastic addition to the Australian rural romance genre. I’ve also read The Road Home by Fiona Palmer and enjoyed this too so I will be tracking down her other novel, Heart of Gold. less

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