Playing Beatie Bow

Playing Beatie Bow

by Ruth Park (Thomas Nelson, 1980); audiobook read by Kate Hood (Bolinda, 2012)

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Ruth Park mixes time displacement with coming-of-age in a classic of Australian literature. 14-year-old Abigail Kirk, having fought with her mother, finds herself transported back to Sydney of 1873. Amidst the historical realism unfolds a beautifully told tale of hardship and self-discovery.

 

 

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