All in the Blue Unclouded Weather

Robin Klein's interlocked stories of the Melling sisters in post-war rural Australia are warm, funny, and precise in their portrait of girlhood, and the Text Classics reissue confirms that the book has aged well enough to earn a second life. It is episodic and low-stakes, which is a feature not a flaw for its age group, and Klein's dialogue is genuinely praised. International readers may find some cultural references opaque, but the emotional core travels.