Pink Flannel
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
A warm and nostalgic work of autobiographical fiction, Pink Flannel chronicles a chapter in the life of Ruth Park as she navigates the joys and hardships of early married life in New Zealand and Australia during the mid-twentieth century. With the same tender wit and sharp observational eye that distinguished her celebrated memoir The Harp in the South, Park illustrates the intimate textures of domestic life — the struggles of poverty, the bonds of love, and the resilience required to build a home from very little. The narrative unfolds with a gentle, humorous tone that balances hardship with warmth, drawing readers into a world of vivid characters and honest emotion. Park's prose is both lyrical and grounded, presenting everyday life with a grace that transforms the ordinary into something deeply memorable.
Author: Ruth Park
Format: Hardback
Published: 1955, Angus and Robertson
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
A warm and nostalgic work of autobiographical fiction, Pink Flannel chronicles a chapter in the life of Ruth Park as she navigates the joys and hardships of early married life in New Zealand and Australia during the mid-twentieth century. With the same tender wit and sharp observational eye that distinguished her celebrated memoir The Harp in the South, Park illustrates the intimate textures of domestic life — the struggles of poverty, the bonds of love, and the resilience required to build a home from very little. The narrative unfolds with a gentle, humorous tone that balances hardship with warmth, drawing readers into a world of vivid characters and honest emotion. Park's prose is both lyrical and grounded, presenting everyday life with a grace that transforms the ordinary into something deeply memorable.