TY - BOOK AU - Ham,Rosalie TI - The year of the farmer SN - 9781760558901 U1 - A823.4 23 PY - 2018/// CY - Sydney, New South Wales PB - Picador by Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd KW - Satire KW - Small cities KW - New South Wales KW - Fiction KW - Interpersonal relations KW - Australia KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Country life KW - Homecoming KW - fast KW - Australian fiction KW - Triangles (Interpersonal relations) KW - Farmers KW - Australian KW - lcsh KW - Australian stories KW - Adult fiction KW - Print KW - Satirical literature KW - lcgft KW - Domestic fiction N2 - In a quiet farming town somewhere in country New South Wales, war is brewing. The last few years have been punishingly dry, especially for the farmers, but otherwise, it's all Neralie Mackintosh's fault. If she'd never left town then her ex, the hapless but extremely eligible Mitchell Bishop, would never have fallen into the clutches of the truly awful Mandy, who now lords it over everyone as if she owns the place. So, now that Neralie has returned to run the local pub, the whole town is determined to reinstate her to her rightful position in the social order. But Mandy Bishop has other ideas. Meanwhile the head of the local water board - Glenys 'Gravedigger' Dingle - is looking for a way to line her pockets at the expense of hardworking farmers already up to their eyes in debt. And Mandy and Neralie's war may be just the chance she was looking for ER -