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.

) Park has eleven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Wishing to expand her horizons Ruth Park accepted a job offer from the San Francisco Examiner but the United States' entry into the Second World War after the bombing of Pearl Harbour forced a change of plan. It has never been out of print.

Ruth Park (born name : Rosina Ruth Park) AM (24 August 1917 – 14 December 2010) was a New Zealand-born Australian author.