{"product_id":"9781921961793","title":"Swords and Crowns and Rings","description":"\u003cb\u003eRuth Park's Miles Franklin-winning novel brilliantly evokes Australia in the midst of the Great Depression.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Written with warmth and affection, \u003ci\u003eSwords and Crowns and Rings\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ruth Park\u003c\/b\u003e, born in New Zealand in 1917, 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Harp in the South\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoor Man's Orange\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSwords and Crowns and Rings\u003c\/i\u003e, for which she won the 1977 Miles Franklin Award. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003etextpublishing.com.au\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'The ever popular Ruth Park has written one of the best novels of the decade.' \u003ci\u003e Australian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'A fairy tale of a novel.' \u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Almost impossible to put down...its characters keep on living in the imagination.' \u003ci\u003eSydney Sun\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"The Text Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176702656752,"sku":"9781921961793","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781921961793_p0.jpg?v=1763631829","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781921961793","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}