Download or read book A Fence Around the Cuckoo (large Print). written by Ruth Park and published by . This book was released on with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first volume of Ruth Park's autobiography is an account of her isolated childhood in the rainforests of New Zealand, her convent education which encouraged her love of words and writing, and the bitter years of the Depression. A Fence Around the Cuckoo is the story of one of Australia's best storytellers and how she learnt her craft.