Missus: Ruth Park

The prequel to The Harp In The South and Poor Man's Orange, Missus details the lives of Hughie and Mumma before the gritty realism of inner city slum life; back in the past of the stations, the bush and the country towns. Flame-haired Eny - Grandma - had married John Kilker and had eleven children; Hughie and Jer Darcy, the sons of Martin and poor mad Frances had fled early from home. Hughie, free as a bird and irresistible to girls, knew every pub in the north-west; crippled Jer was his constant companion. When Hughie returned to Trafalgar, it was Margaret Kilker, soft and blooming with love who yearned for him and caught him fast. But love and marriage are not always what they seem... https://cosmiccauldronbooks.com.au/products/harp-south-ruth-park