Author: Ruth Park Year: 1948 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Fiction, Classic, Historical fiction
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ISBNs: 9781743139738 174313973X |
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Since it was first published in 1948, this compassionate novel has become a favourite with generations of Australian readers.
The Harp in the South is a nostalgic and moving portrait of the eventful family life of the Darcys of Number Twelve-and-a-Half Plymouth Street in Surry Hills, a Sydney slum. There grow the bitter-sweet first and last loves of Roie Darcy, who becomes a woman too quickly amid the brothels and the razor gangs, the tenements and the sly-grog shops. Ruth Park is a classic storyteller. In this novel she brings to life a community where, despite the odds, life is always exuberant and full of promise. (from this Penguin edition's bookcover blurb)
This book is part of the "Harp in the South" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "Missus" First published in 1985 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Poor Man's Orange" First published in 1949 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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