Harland's Half Acre

Born on a poor dairy farm in Queensland, Frank Harland's life is centered on his great artistic gift, his passionate love for his father and four brothers and his need to repossess, through a patch of land, his family's past. The story spans Frank's life; from before the First World War, through years as a swaggie in the Great Depression and Brisbane in the forties, to his retirement to a patch of Australian scrub where he at last takes possession of his dream.

Harland's Half Acre tells how a man sets out to recover the land his ancestors discovered and then lost and how, in fulfilment, this vision becomes a new reality.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 01/14/1997
ISBN: 9780679776475
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.11h x 5.27w x 0.72d

Review Citations: New York Times 03/30/1997 pg. 24
Publishers Weekly 12/30/1996