{"product_id":"9781925773385","title":"A Fence Around the Cuckoo: Text Classics","description":"Author: Park, Ruth\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781925773385\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: The Text Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 05 Mar 2019\u003cbr\u003ePages: 416 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first volume of autobiography by celebrated writer Ruth Park, author of the \u003ci\u003eThe Harp in the South \u003c\/i\u003eand winner of the Miles Franklin Award, the \u003ci\u003eAge\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year and the Colin Roderick Award.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis first volume of Ruth Park's autobiography is an account of her isolated childhood in the rainforests of New Zealand, her convent education which encouraged her love of words and writing, and the bitter years of the Depression. She then entered the rough-and-tumble world of journalism and began a reluctant correspondence with a young Australian writer. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1942, Park moved to Sydney and married that writer, D'Arcy Niland. There she would write \u003ci\u003eThe Harp in the South\u003c\/i\u003e, the first of her classic Australian novels. \u003ci\u003eA Fence Around the Cuckoo\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of one of Australia's best storytellers and how she learnt her craft.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48181148319902,"sku":"UBD-9781925773385","price":14.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781925773385.jpg?v=1787399062","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781925773385","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}