Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living

Carrie Tiffany

Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Pan Macmillan Australia
Country
Australia
Published
1 August 2005
Pages
264
ISBN
9780330421911

Everyman’s Rules for Scientific Living

Carrie Tiffany

It is 1943; billowing dust and information, the government ‘Better Farming Train’ slides through the wheat fields and small towns of Australia, bringing expert advice to those living on the land.The train is on a crusade to persuade the country that science holds the answers and that productivity is patriotic.

Amongst the swaying cars full of cows, pigs and wheat, an unlikely seduction occurs between Robert Pettergree, a man with an unusual taste for soil, and Jean Finnegan, a talented young seamstress with a hunger for knowledge. In an atmosphere of heady scientific idealism they settle in the impoverished Mallee with the ambition of proving that science can transform the land.

Shot through with humour and a quiet wisdom, this haunting first novel evokes the Australian landscape in all its vivid beauty and probes the fragile relationships between man, science and nature.

A heartbreaking novel from an astonishing new writer.

This special edition celebrates 40 years of Picador with one of Australia’s finest literary reads. With 16 pages of extra content, including Reading Group notes, an essay and awards list, this special edition will make a valuable contribution to your bookshelf.    

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