{"product_id":"2026100009359-secondhand-the-pea-pickers","title":"The Pea Pickers","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: DJ [scarce]; unclipped dj, edgeworn, no tears. Pages: Light foxing on prelims and book block. Markings: name penned on half-title page. Binding: tight; some bumping on corners and spine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the sweeping rural landscapes of Victoria and New South Wales in the 1920s, The Pea Pickers chronicles the freewheeling adventures of Steve and Blue, two sisters who disguise themselves as men to work as itinerant farm labourers, picking peas and wandering the Australian bush in search of freedom, love, and identity. Narrated with lyrical intensity and autobiographical candour, Eve Langley's semi-fictionalised account captures the raw beauty of the Australian countryside alongside the restless yearning of young women determined to live life entirely on their own terms.\n\nA landmark work of Australian literature first published in 1942, The Pea Pickers presents a singular and fiercely original voice that sits at the intersection of romanticism, feminism, and national identity. Langley's prose is rich with poetic imagery and an almost feverish vitality, drawing deeply from her own experiences as a bohemian outsider navigating a conservative society. Celebrated by critics as one of the most distinctive novels to emerge from mid-twentieth-century Australia, it raises profound questions about gender, belonging, and the cost of artistic freedom — questions that remain as urgent and unsettling today as when Langley first committed them to the page.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49210254852315,"sku":"2026100009359-SECONDHAND","price":250.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/6479d751-36af-4a04-bcd6-d19a64318bdf.png?v=1788268123","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009359-secondhand-the-pea-pickers","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}