Swords And Crowns And Rings: Ruth Park

Growing up in an Australian country town before World War I, the lives of Jackie Hanna and Cushie Moy are carefree and innocent. But Jackie is a dwarf and his love for the beautiful Cushie is condemned by her parents. Cruelly parted, they are forced to live separate lives with only the memory of one another to help them through the hardships of the Depression - the hunger, the poverty, the endless, degrading search for work - which will takethem near to despair. They each experience their own long, sad odyssey - but their enduring love triumphs.