Aunts Up the Cross

Aunts Up the Cross is Robin Dalton's story of her childhood, a secure and magic place surrounded by eccentric aunts and uncles, and an array of guests and hangers-on - all sharing a sprawling, disorderly house in the bohemian heart of Sydney's Kings Cross. It is a small and perfect memoir of a solitary child let loose in a house full of unpredictable adults. A much-loved bestseller and an Australian classic, Clive James has described this as 'One perfect book... true art filed under entertainment.' We must agree, as Aunts up the Cross has been in print for over 30 years.