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Long favourites with generations of Australian readers, Ruth Park's classic Harp in the South novels have at last been brought together in one volume. The saga of the Darcy family has its beginnings in the dusty outback. After the turmoil of courtship, Hughie and Mumma move to the inner-city slums of Sydney. There grow the bittersweet first and last loves of their daughter Roie, who becomes a woman too quickly amid the brothels, the razor gangs and the tenements. Ruth Park is a classic storyteller. She writes of the Darcy family, their vitality and humour, and brings to life a community where, despite the odds, life is always exuberant and full of promise.… (más)
First read these books when I was a teenager and Ruth Park had one a ;literary prize for "Harp in the South" which was them serialised in the SMH> After the books being adapted for the stage by Kate Mulavany and performed by the STC, I decided to revisit these wonderful stories. Could them every bit as enjoyable;e as they were in the 1950's ( )
The audio version was fantastic - so easy to listen to, the voice of the Aussie narrator was spot on. Compelling story, sheds light on a time and place and way of life, real and gritty, but with plenty of life and joy. The audio version did seem to be abridged though, so it did feel like some chunks of the family's life story was missing from the story I got, I just don't know how much was missing. May want to read the whole un-abridged version one day, but I am just so glad that I listened to this one. ( )
Long favourites with generations of Australian readers, Ruth Park's classic Harp in the South novels have at last been brought together in one volume. The saga of the Darcy family has its beginnings in the dusty outback. After the turmoil of courtship, Hughie and Mumma move to the inner-city slums of Sydney. There grow the bittersweet first and last loves of their daughter Roie, who becomes a woman too quickly amid the brothels, the razor gangs and the tenements. Ruth Park is a classic storyteller. She writes of the Darcy family, their vitality and humour, and brings to life a community where, despite the odds, life is always exuberant and full of promise.
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