Maureen's memoir is a story of migration, family tragedy, resilience, humour and finding ‎peace and fulfilment in the natural world.‎
The eldest of four children from a working class family living in a sleepy corner of South ‎Wales, she experiences the death of her mother and the shock of life with a new stepmother, ‎who was emotionally ill-equipped to deal with four grieving children.‎
The family of ten children travel to Australia to follow her father's dream of living in ‎Paradise, and Maureen writes with candour about her difficult childhood and adolescence, as ‎well as life in Wales and her new home, as she grows up, marries and eventually takes charge ‎of her own life.‎