The Riding Gallery
Author: Sally Murphy
ISBN: 9781760657345
Publisher: Walker Books Australia
Year First Published: 2024
Pages: 176
Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Descripition:
Exploring the true story of the St Kilda merry go round during World War 1, by Australia's most revered verse novelist
In Melbourne's St Kilda, as World War 1 begins, Anton, a German immigrant fulfils his dream of creating the most beautiful steam-driven “riding gallery” - a merry go round – in the world. Evelyn, who has just moved to the city befriends local boy Rory, but the war, and anti-German sentiment, soon takes its toll on the children, Anton, their families, and the riding gallery itself.
Based on true events, this is a cleverly structured, multiple point-of-view story, including poems created from contemporaneous newspaper headlines, and Sally Murphy at her finest form.
ISBN: 9781760657345
Publisher: Walker Books Australia
Year First Published: 2024
Pages: 176
Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Descripition:
Exploring the true story of the St Kilda merry go round during World War 1, by Australia's most revered verse novelist
In Melbourne's St Kilda, as World War 1 begins, Anton, a German immigrant fulfils his dream of creating the most beautiful steam-driven “riding gallery” - a merry go round – in the world. Evelyn, who has just moved to the city befriends local boy Rory, but the war, and anti-German sentiment, soon takes its toll on the children, Anton, their families, and the riding gallery itself.
Based on true events, this is a cleverly structured, multiple point-of-view story, including poems created from contemporaneous newspaper headlines, and Sally Murphy at her finest form.
