No Man's Land
by A.J. Fitzwater
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While her brother fights a war on the other side of the world, Dorothea 'Tea' Gray joins the Land Service and is sent to work on a remote farm in the golden plains of North Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand. But Tea finds more than hard work and hot sun in the dusty North Otago nowhere--she finds a magic inside herself she never could have imagined, a way to save her brother in a distant land she never thought she could reach, and a love she never knew existed. Inspired by feminist show more and LGBTQ+ history and family wartime memories, A.J. Fitzwater has turned a piece of forgotten women's history into a tapestry of furious pride and love that crosses cultures, countries and decades. show lessTags
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Fascinating story about New Zealand, WWII land girls, creatures of myth/legend, surviving as queer, and any number of other details. I can't find much to say that isn't full of spoilers, so I'll limit myself to: the characters were fabulous and fascinating; the world-building was complex, nuanced, and carefully limited to as not overwhelm the plot; the writing was good; I think that the plot was good but I did rather get lost as to what was happening at times, which took an otherwise 5 star book down, because I had to keep rereading sections to understand what was happening (mostly 'where are we, how did we get here, and how many people are in this scene?')
***WHO SUCKED ME IN***
Kalanadi on YouTube in their No Man's Land by A.J. Fitzwater | Review published on 8 sep. 2020
I never read a fantasy based in New Zealand!
Kalanadi on YouTube in their No Man's Land by A.J. Fitzwater | Review published on 8 sep. 2020
I never read a fantasy based in New Zealand!
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- Original publication date
- 2020
- People/Characters
- Dorothea 'Tea' Gray; Isabel 'Izzy' Larson; Grant Stevenson; Robbie Gray
- Important places
- Otago, New Zealand; Egypt
- Important events
- World War II
- Dedication
- To the Girls,
The Queens,
And the ones who went unseen. - First words
- A piece of night complete with tiny stars flashed amongst the sun-dappled trees.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Ae, together," she said.
- Blurbers
- Anders, Charlie Jane
- Original language
- English
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- Members
- 41
- Popularity
- 713,201
- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.50)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 5
- ASINs
- 2
