A compelling psychological thriller set in Sydney during the fifties. Two sisters are abandoned by their narcissitic mother and are taken under the wing of a much older man, who gradually asserts his domination over them. This edition has an introduction by Joan London.
A hilarious snapshot of the immigrant experience, by a writer with a brilliant ear for the Australian way with words.
Nine-year-old Ada has never left her one-room flat. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada''s twisted foot to let her outside. So when her little brother Jamie is shipped out of London to escape the war, Ada doesn''t waste a minute - she sneaks out to join him. So begins a new adventure of Ada, and for Miss Susan Smith, the woman who is forced to take in the two children. As Ada teaches herself to ride a pony, learns to read and watches for German spies, she begins to trust Susan - and Susan begins to love Ada and Jamie.
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