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Ruth Park

    August 24, 1917 – December 14, 2010

    Ruth Park was an author who captured the lives of ordinary people with keen insight and empathy. Her works often explore themes of poverty, social injustice, and family resilience. Park masterfully depicted the raw realities of life on the fringes of society, while also finding beauty and strength in the human spirit. Her writing is known for its authentic voice and ability to draw readers into the world of her characters.

    Ruth Park
    Kleiner dummer Wombi
    Schwester des Meeres
    The harp in the south
    Playing Beatie Bow
    The Muddleheaded Wombat
    Swords and Crowns and Rings
    • 2013

      Swords and Crowns and Rings

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      4.3(21)Add rating

      Ruth Park’s Miles Franklin-winning novel brilliantly evokes Australia in the midst of the Great Depression. Growing up in an Australian country town before World War I, Jackie Hanna and Cushie Moy are carefree and innocent in their love for each other. But Jackie is a dwarf, and his devotion to the beautiful Cushie is condemned by her parents. This is the story of their lifelong odyssey, and of the triumph of a special kind of courage. Written with warmth and affection, Swords and Crowns and Rings is a powerful story about human nature and the strength of an unlikely love. Ruth Park brilliantly captures the mood of Australia in the first part of the twentieth century.

      Swords and Crowns and Rings
    • 2009

      The harp in the south

      • 240 pages
      • 9 hours of reading
      3.8(242)Add rating

      Ruth Park's classic novel The Harp in the South is one of Australia's greatest novels. Hugh and Margaret Darcy are raising their family in Sydney amid the brothels, grog shops and run-down boarding houses of Surry Hills, where money is scarce and life is not easy. Filled with beautifully drawn characters that will make you laugh as much as cry, this Australian classic will take you straight back to the colourful slums of Sydney with convincing depth, careful detail and great heart.

      The harp in the south
    • 1990

      The Muddleheaded Wombat

      • 272 pages
      • 10 hours of reading
      4.1(32)Add rating

      Combines in one edition four stories featuring one of Australia's most adored children's book characters of all time.

      The Muddleheaded Wombat
    • 1989

      Voller Sehnsucht denken die Schwestern Erika und Siw an die kleine Insel im Pazifik, auf der sie geboren sind. Doch als die beiden dorthin zurückkehren, müssen sie erkennen, dass ihr Inselparadies bedroht ist. Die geheimnisvolle Geschichte zweier Mädchen vor dem exotischen Hintergrund Polynesiens mit seinen Mythen. Und ein bewegender Roman über die Folgen der Umweltzerstörung.

      Schwester des Meeres
    • 1988

      'Now then,' thought Abigail, 'something very weird has happened to me. I'm in the last century. I don't know why, and that doesn't matter. I've got to get back.' Every so often, there comes a story so brilliant and lively and moving that it cannot be left in the past. Rediscover the magic of our country's most memorable children's books in the Penguin Australia Children's Classics series of stories too precious to leave behind.

      Playing Beatie Bow
    • 1985

      Australská spisovatelka Ruth Parková nejen děti dobře zná, ale má pro ně i plné pochopení. Proto také ví, co asi se odehrává v desetileté Lyn Kirkové, když se její rodiče znenadání rozejdou. Lyn se sice přizpůsobí novému životu s maminkou v nádherném věžáku uprostřed staré čtvrti Sydney, s radostí se přehrabuje ve starodávných tretkách maminčina obchůdku Stračí hnízdo, ale proti otci se zatvrdí natolik, že i jméno, jímž ji oslovoval, si změní na čarodějně znějící Abigail. Když pak za čtyři roky rodiče poznají svůj omyl a chtějí se k sobě opět vrátit, nese to jako dvojí zradu. Abigail ze svého prázdného domova často zajde na návštěvu k sousedce a s jejími malými dětmi chodívá na hřiště. Při strašidelné hře na Betsy Bowovou si všimne podivné holčičky, bosé a téměř dohola ostříhané, a ta ji zavede do neuvěřitelného dobrodružství. Najednou se ocitá v 70. letech předminulého století.

      Hra na Betsy Bowovou