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A Fence Around the Cuckoo

Text Classics
By Ruth Park
Series: Text Classics
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A Fence Around the Cuckoo is a compelling autobiography by Ruth Park, detailing her early life in New Zealand and Australia during the 1920s and 1930s. The book captures her experiences growing up in poverty, her struggles with family dynamics, and the dreams that drive her. Park offers insight into the cultural and social environments that shaped her as a writer.
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You might enjoy this book if you are drawn to rich autobiographies that vividly depict a writer's early life and the challenges they faced. It offers a beautifully detailed exploration of growing up in New Zealand and Australia during the depression era, revealing how personal and family stories interweave with broader historical contexts.

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A Fence Around the Cuckoo

The first volume of autobiography by celebrated writer Ruth Park, author of The Harp in the South, and winner of the Miles Franklin Award, the Age Book of the Year and the Colin Roderick Award.

The first volume of autobiography by celebrated writer Ruth Park, author of the The Harp in the South and winner of the Miles Franklin Award, the Age Book of the Year and the Colin Roderick Award.

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This 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.

In 1942, Park moved to Sydney and married that writer, D’Arcy Niland. There she would write The Harp in the South, the first of her classic Australian novels. A Fence Around the Cuckoo is the story of one of Australia’s best storytellers and how she learnt her craft.

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A Fence Around the Cuckoo by Ruth Park is widely acclaimed for its brilliant narrative style and engaging autobiographical insights. Reviewers highlight Park's sparkling prose, infectious wit, and deep compassion, making it a captivating and joyful read. The book is praised for its illuminating exploration of the author's early life and the formative experiences that led to her career in writing.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781925773385

Publisher: Text Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 March 2019

Country: Australia

Imprint: The Text Publishing Company

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Emily Perkins

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 416

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Biography & Memoir Musicians, Movie Stars & Creative Biographies Non-Fiction Penguin Books Ruth Park Series: Text Classics

About the Author

Born in New Zealand in 1917, Ruth Park spent most of her adult life in Australia. She was widely read and well-loved for her books, which were as equally successful for adults as for children. She is best known for the novels The Harp in the South, Poor Man’s Orange and Swords and Crowns and Rings, for which she won the 1977 Miles Franklin Award.

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