As a young woman Betty was training to be an opera singer. Instead she married Justin a sheep-farmer on the New England Tablelands of New South Wales and was introduced to a life of struggle and hardship leavened with the joy of family. Her sixth child, Peter, was born with Down syndrome. In 'The Sun in my Heart Betty, ' now a vigorous ninety years of age, tells the remarkable story of their woven-together life, from heart break to a transcendent breakthrough.
