Every word is just right.
The book, published in 1980, is as loved today as it was then. Place MY grandmother's house in Thoona. Burning breakfast toast at the one-fire stove, pumping water from the underground tank, the soft glow of oil lamps, and even the nightmare terrors of the toilet up the back paddock. After my grandmother died, I couldn't bear to let the memories fade, and Papa and the Olden Days was born. An early Australian landscape depicting the grandeur of our mountain forests, with majestic mountain ash and tall tree ferns.