Background
Park, Ruth was born on August 24, 1917 in Auckland.
(Missus takes us behind the lives of Hughie and Mumma, out...)
Missus takes us behind the lives of Hughie and Mumma, out of the gritty realism of inner city slum life and into the past of the stations,the bush and the country towns. We meet them as they were in the early 1920s, drifter Hugh Darcy, the unwilling hero who sweeps the dreamily innocent Margaret Kilker off her feet. Ruth Park richly creates the turmoil of those early days of their courtship in the dusty outback, filled with beautifully drawn characters that will make you laugh as much as cry. Ruth Park's Australian classics take you from the barren landscapes of the outback to the colourful slums of Sydney with convincing depth, careful detail and great heart.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0077FKDOY/?tag=2022091-20
(It’s the early 50s. The Darcy family have made a home for...)
It’s the early 50s. The Darcy family have made a home for themselves in Surrey Hills, NSW. The elder daughter, Rosie, is pregnant with her second child to her husband Charlie and Rosie’s sister, Dolour, finds comfort in doting over her niece Moira. Father Hughie and Mumma live downstairs, as irrepressible as ever. Continuing the history of the Irish Darcys begun in Missus and continued in The Harp in the South, this third instalment of a trilogy, reacquaints readers with the vicissitudes of slum life in a Sydney suburb. An unforgettable family and a cast of unforgettable characters enliven a story that is sometimes tragic but often humourous in a time of poverty and destitution, hope and promise.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1489026738/?tag=2022091-20
(Growing up in an Australian country town before World War...)
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 life-long odyssey, and of the triumph of a special kind of courage. In Swords and Crowns and Rings Ruth Park brilliantly captures the mood and tempo of Australian life from 1907 until 1931.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001JK65AY/?tag=2022091-20
(Covering a span of over thirty years in the life of the D...)
Covering a span of over thirty years in the life of the Darcy family, these three iconic novels from Ruth Park take us from first love to hardship via outback Australia and the streets of Surry Hills. In "Missus", we read about the adolescence and courtship of Hughie Darcy and the innocent Margaret in the dirt and dust of rural Australia. We next meet the pair in "The Harp in the South", where they run a flea-bitten boarding house in Surry Hills with their two daughters, Roie and Dolour. Making ends meet is hard in the slums of Sydney, and love is not kind to Roie as she takes her first steps into adulthood. Lastly we watch Dolour grow up all too fast in "Poor Man's Orange", as Hughie and Margaret struggle to keep their relationship alive after so many years together. At times confronting, often affectionate, this is a remarkable portrait of an Australian working-class family of the time.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143180150/?tag=2022091-20
(Fourteen-year-old Riko manages to get her sister Sif and ...)
Fourteen-year-old Riko manages to get her sister Sif and herself to their Pacific island home, where a scientist who falls in love with Sif discovers her connection with an underwater race.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0140384758/?tag=2022091-20
(Who was the laughing, half-demented man in the mirror of ...)
Who was the laughing, half-demented man in the mirror of the vintage car? What was the creature guarding Willy's aunt's house? Or the pulsing, jelly-like blob in the corner of the elevator? These chilling stories have one thing in common: the unexpected. Five spine-chilling stories "to savor, ponder, and read again".--Kirkus Reviews.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0140327134/?tag=2022091-20
(Missus takes us behind the lives of Hughie and Mumma, out...)
Missus takes us behind the lives of Hughie and Mumma, out of the gritty realism of inner city slum life and into the past of the stations, the bush and the country towns. We meet them as they were in the early 1920s, drifter Hugh Darcy, the unwilling hero who sweeps the dreamily innocent Margaret Kilker off her feet. Ruth Park richly creates the turmoil of those early days of their courtship in the dusty outback, filled with beautifully drawn characters that will make you laugh as much as cry. Ruth Park’s Australian classics take you from the barren landscapes of the outback to the colourful slums of Sydney with convincing depth, careful detail and great heart.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1743138563/?tag=2022091-20
(A fresh new edition of a timeless classic Ages: 4+ Josh i...)
A fresh new edition of a timeless classic Ages: 4+ Josh is a little boy who likes to make faces. He practises his scary faces every day. If only Josh had listened when his father told him what would happen when the wind changed! Ages 4+
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0207167613/?tag=2022091-20
(It’s the early 50s. The Darcy family have made a home for...)
It’s the early 50s. The Darcy family have made a home for themselves in Surrey Hills, NSW. The elder daughter, Rosie, is pregnant with her second child to her husband Charlie and Rosie’s sister, Dolour, finds comfort in doting over her niece Moira. Father Hughie and Mumma live downstairs, as irrepressible as ever. Continuing the history of the Irish Darcys begun in Missus and continued in The Harp in the South, this third instalment of a trilogy, reacquaints readers with the vicissitudes of slum life in a Sydney suburb. An unforgettable family and a cast of unforgettable characters enliven a story that is sometimes tragic but often humourous in a time of poverty and destitution, hope and promise.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1743170130/?tag=2022091-20
Park, Ruth was born on August 24, 1917 in Auckland.
(Who was the laughing, half-demented man in the mirror of ...)
(Growing up in an Australian country town before World War...)
(Covering a span of over thirty years in the life of the D...)
(Fourteen-year-old Riko manages to get her sister Sif and ...)
(Missus takes us behind the lives of Hughie and Mumma, out...)
(Missus takes us behind the lives of Hughie and Mumma, out...)
(A fresh new edition of a timeless classic Ages: 4+ Josh i...)
(The sage of the Darcy family has its beginnings in the du...)
(A reissue of this Australian classic.)
(Child's fiction/picture book.)
(It’s the early 50s. The Darcy family have made a home for...)
(It’s the early 50s. The Darcy family have made a home for...)
Married D'Arcy Niland (deceased 1967). Children: Deborah, Anne, Rory;1 child Patrick.