$16.68
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
4 March 2019
Summary
A Fence Around the Cuckoo: A Memoir of Childhood, Love, and Literary Beginnings
This first volume of Ruth Park’s autobiography recounts her isolated childhood in the rainforests of New Zealand, her convent education which nurtured her love of words and writing, and the challenging years of the Depression.
She then entered the dynamic world of journalism and began a hesitant correspondence with a young Australian writer.
In 1942, Park moved to Sydney and married that …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781925773385 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1925773388 |
| Author: | Ruth Park, Emily Perkins |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 4 March 2019 |
| Weight: | 386g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm |
| Series: | Text Classics |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
‘A splendid achievement.’
‘A splendid achievement.’ * Sydney Morning Herald *‘Her words sparkle on every page, and her compassion and humour shine throughout the entire book.’ * Age *‘One of the best pieces of autobiographical writing in many years…a joy to read.’ * Courier Mail *‘An illuminating and entrancing vision of how one twig was bent to incline towards a lifetime of writing.’ * Good Weekend *
About The Author
Ruth Park
Born in New Zealand in 1917, Ruth Park spent most of her adult life in Australia. She was widely read and well-loved for her books, which were as equally successful for adults as for children. She is best known for the novels The Harp in the South, Poor Man’s Orange and Swords and Crowns and Rings, for which she won the 1977 Miles Franklin Award.
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