A review by alexreading
The Harp in the South by Ruth Park

4.0

As Christmas day custom is you spend it reading and lounging around. I finished #ruthpark, her classic from 1948. Based in the suburbs of Sydney, we meet the Darcy family in their poverty ridden home. Even though money is scarce, alcoholism and bed bugs are more common than not they seemed to fend for themselves and find joy. It's not a very dramatic book per say, plot wise, but the families drama is enough to drive the story forward. It's a simple boon but it's well written, tragic, funny and warm all at once and I can easily see why it's a classic. A friend picked it as a summer gift in our bookclub and I found it at a 7eleven in Melbourne so I thought it fitting to read now.