Miss Boston and Miss Hargreaves

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE 2018**

''A surprisingly touching account of hidden lives forced out of the shadows'' Sunday Times

One day in 1940 Rene Hargreaves walks out on her family and the city to take a position as a Land Girl at the remote Starlight farm. There she will live with and help lonely farmer Elsie Boston.

At first Elsie and Rene are unsure of one another - strangers from di...