In a still hot morning, the tide went out and didn’t come back in. This was not a spectacular event. The sea did not roll up like a scroll, like the sky in Revelations. It quietly withdrew.

About Ruth Park

Rosina Ruth Lucia Park AMwas a New Zealand-born Australian author. Her best known works are the novels The Harp in the Southand Playing Beatie Bow (1980), and the children’s radio serial The Muddle-Headed Wombat (1951-1970), which also spawned a book series (1962-1982).

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