The world is full of novels in which characters simply say and do. There are certainly legitimate genres in which this is sufficient. But in real and lasting writing the character is.

) Park has eleven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Wishing to expand her horizons Ruth Park accepted a job offer from the San Francisco Examiner but the United States' entry into the Second World War after the bombing of Pearl Harbour forced a change of plan. It has never been out of print.

Ruth Park (born name : Rosina Ruth Park) AM (24 August 1917 – 14 December 2010) was a New Zealand-born Australian author.