Chicken Feed by Alma Fritchley

When Letty's lover Anne sets off for a US-wide lecture tour, Letty prepares for a few weeks alone on the farm with only her chickens for company. But her peace is shattered by the arrival of a strange woman with a wild but appealing five-year-old child. Before she knows it, their troubles are hers and Letty is caught up in a series of rapid, outrageous and dangerous events.