$12.71
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
26 September 2012
Summary
Introduced by Alice Pung
Growing up in an Australian country town before World War I, Jackie Hanna and Cushie Moy are carefree and innocent in their love for each other. But Jackie is a dwarf, and his devotion to the beautiful Cushie is condemned by her parents.
This is the story of their lifelong odyssey, and of the triumph of a special kind of courage.
In Swords and Crowns and Rings, Ruth Park brilliantly captures the mood of Australia in the first part of t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781922079510 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1922079510 |
| Author: | Ruth Park |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | Text Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 26 September 2012 |
| Weight: | 322g |
| Dimensions: | 35mm x 129mm x 198mm |
| Series: | Text Classics |
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Critics Review
‘The ever popular Ruth Park has written one of the best novels of the decade.’
‘The ever popular Ruth Park has written one of the best novels of the decade.’ * The Australian *
‘Almost impossible to put down…its characters keep on living in the imagination.’ * Sydney Sun *
‘A fairy tale of a novel.’ * Sydney Morning Herald *
Ruth Park
Born in New Zealand, Ruth Park came to Australia in 1942 to continue her career as a journalist. She married the writer D’Arcy Niland and travelled with him through the north-west of New South Wales before settling in Sydney where she became a full-time writer.
She has written over fifty books, and her many awards include the prestigious Miles Franklin Award for Swords and Crowns and Rings; the Australian Children’s Book of the Year Award and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award (USA) for Playing Beatie Bow; and the Age Book of the Year Award for A Fence Around the Cuckoo.
She was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1987 and in 1994 was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of New South Wales. Ruth Park passed away in December 2010.
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