The Shiralee

by D'Arcy Niland 

ISBN: 014004082X

FORMAT: Paperback 18cm x 11cm

PAGES: 198

CONDITION: Very Good: light shelf and reading wear.

EDITION: c1955 reprint 1977

WEIGHT: letter rate

The Shiralee is an Australian classic about Macauley, a hard-bitten, itinerant swaggie who takes his young daughter, Buster, on the road with him. Initially viewing her as a "shiralee"—an unwanted burden — his hardened exterior is slowly broken down by her love, turning the burden into a blessing.