Worth reading: Yes

Summary: The Maloneys are at the bottom of the social ladder. Nancy takes care of her five children while Tommy spends his time either drunk or in the local lockup. They run the local garbage collection for the council which sees the three boys up before dawn loading the garbage truck before heading off to school. It’s a hard life for the Maloney’s, with very few of life’s luxuries.

This is a fantastic tale set against small town Australia, bush-fires, religion and the true battling Aussie.