The Harp in the South Trilogy PMC
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Harp in the South Trilogy PMC
By (Author) Ruth Park
Penguin Random House Australia
Penguin Random House Australia
2nd March 2009
Australia
Classifications
General
Fiction
A823.3
Physical Properties
Paperback
704
Width 128mm, Height 198mm, Spine 46mm
470g
Description
The gritty realism of family life lived in the poverty-stricken slum of inner Sydney's Surry Hills during the 1940s. Also includes Missus and Poor man's orange.
Author Bio
Born in New Zealand, Ruth Park moved to Australia in 1942 to continue her career as a journalist. 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 lives in Sydney.
