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Romantic Farm: A short and powerful, life-changing read. Kindle Edition

by Terry Atkinson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 171 ratings
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Just when she decided she could never be fully happy, he did something unthinkably kind and caring.
A powerful, life-changing story.

She yearns for the freedom and space of her earlier years, but seems impossibly trapped in her new life. Can she find a way out to live the life she loves with the man she loves?

Ruth grew up on her family farm but due to tragic circumstances, she had to move to a big city to make her life there. She met the love of her life, Peter and married him.

In all respects of her life but one, Ruth was happy and successful. But the gnawing pain in her heart of the loss she had experienced when she was wrenched out of her idyllic life in the country kept coming back to haunt her quiet moments. Will this pain come between her and the man she loves so much?

Reviewers have said: "So much emotion and so many memories in so few pages. It takes a certain skill set to pare a lifetime of experiences and dreams into a snapshot. To paint a full, beautiful picture with so few words. To leave a reader with such feelings that will forever enlighten their futures" Avid Bookworm

"Reminds me of my father's childhood Kansas farm. I, too, bought the family farm of peaceful, grazing cattle. I could relate to Ruth's pull-at-the-heartstrings memories. She relayed her feelings well." Olive H. Pollak

"A beautiful story about a farm girl who spent her childhood in Nature. She appears to have transitioned seamlessly into the city life, but has this sense of restlessness and longing for her childhood farm life and the freedom she experienced growing up in the mountains." Colleen

"Very interesting book. Simple but it leaves you with a desire to work for your goals. Recommended to anyone who wants to succeed in life." Cristina
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Editorial Reviews

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Ruth and Peter are a young couple engaged in the tedious task of unpacking in their newly purchased and mortgaged home. As the years pass and their children are mostly grown, their comfortable life is infiltrated by near financial disaster. They recover, but the recovery causes an old, consuming restlessness to return to Ruth. This is a short story with a simple but important message. Reviewed by the author of The Children's Story, About Good and Evil.

From the Author

Although I've written many short romances, this book has a special place in my heart because it is set mainly in our beautiful mountains in South Africa. This mountain range is called the Drakensberg (Dragon Mountains because their shape against the horizon looks like a dragon's back). Other peoples have called it "The Barrier of Spears". 
It's a story of love and romance that lasts through many years and many challenges. These magnificent mountains symbolize, for me, that same persistence through time. We can learn interesting lessons from observing nature and how it deals with survival.                                                                   This book is about the survival of a loving relationship, despite environmental factors threatening to rock that steady ship. Enjoy it!

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00G3DN3M0
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Terry Atkinson from South Africa; 1st edition (January 14, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 14, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2998 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 35 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1519019734
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 171 ratings

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Terry Atkinson

Terry Atkinson

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My purpose in writing for you is to leave you feeling happier about people, love, romance and the world at the end of each book.

Every one of my books ends in a Happy Ever After because that’s how I believe life should really be.

None of us has a perfect life, but why not aim for the best life that you can have?

My heroes and heroines show us how to do that, via my sweet, clean and wholesome stories.

Please enjoy my books.

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3.9 out of 5 stars
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Colleen
5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful story about a farm girl who spent her childhood ...
Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2016
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A beautiful story about a farm girl who spent her childhood in Nature. She appears to have transitioned seamlessly into the city life of Jo'burg, but has this sense of restlessness and longing for her childhood farm life and the freedom she experienced growing up in the mountains. Her heart is in the mountains. Imagine her surprise and delight when she is presented, years later, with the opportunity of buying back her childhood farm back, and re-experiencing the magic and the gifts of connecting with, and staying connected to Nature.
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Gatorfan
4.0 out of 5 stars a quick read that has a HEA
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2018
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This is a stand alone read with a HEA. It is a very short story and only takes a few minutes to read. A young woman leaves her rural home and moves to the big city. There she meets the love of her life. They start their life and quickly it is 20 years later. Lots has happened to put them where they are. She is unsettled as she always craved the solitude of her childhood.

Her husband is obviously a very aware man. He grants her biggest wish but at the moment she is not sure she wants what she has always wished for. It is a sweet, quick read. No sex so anyone can read. It is set in South Africa so that is a little different. Of course, you learn a bit about that area and how they live. It is an entertaining read and I would recommend it.

I was not paid for this review. I am not a writer nor do I know one. I am not kin to this author. I am a reader and this is my opinion, nothing more, nothing less. 1/23/18
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PDGer49
3.0 out of 5 stars Short story, not a book
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2018
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This story covered 40 years in a few pages, without a single line of actual dialogue, until the very end. There were so many important life events that could have been expanded upon, to enable the reader to get involved with the nice characters (whom we were told were nice,but never got to know them, on a personal basis). It read like a high school essay instead of the marvelous novel it could have been. However, I was impressed with the excellent spelling and sentence structure which is a rarity these days!
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George Letton
5.0 out of 5 stars Great characters
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2017
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I like short stories like this because it’s easy to finish. I was happy to see that the main character Ruth was finally able to go back to the beautiful farm and wonderful landscapes where she used to spend her childhood and happily think back to her old childhood memories. I’ve very enjoyed the description of the characters and also enjoyed the description of the Dragon Mountains.
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Dave Scott
4.0 out of 5 stars Farms
Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2017
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A cute, clean book that can be read in half an hour.

I don't usually like these really short stories cause they always leave me with numerous questions. I felt happy after reading this one!!!!

I recommend this book.
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Mary F Dawson
5.0 out of 5 stars A Happy Short Story
Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2017
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This is the story of a woman who finds peace. She already knows she has a good life in the city. But somehow she feels a part of her life is incomplete. Her loving husband takes care of the emptiness. This is a story of true love. It is so refreshing to read a romantic story about people who are not young.
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Babidoll
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice Short Read
Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2020
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This was a nice inspirational story about Ruth and Peter. It’s amazing how many memories flare up when you go back to the place where you grew up.
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Serenity
1.0 out of 5 stars All telling & no showing
Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2018
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This story is so short it's probably not even possible to make a true novella out of it.

There are something like 10 lines of dialogue in the entire story with no dialogue at all in the first half or so The rest is all just telling, describing everything & fast forwarding decades.

Classic case of Telling instead of Showing. I couldn't finish (just scanned through to see if there was ANY dialogue at all!)

I'm not really sure why this is a book
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Debra Willms
1.0 out of 5 stars HoHum
Reviewed in Canada on September 20, 2017
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Too much of the story was repetitive. Half of it was about missing the family farm, the other half about life in Johannesburg.
No meat to the story.
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