Durack speaks of her childhood environment ; writing "Kings in grass castles" and the research this book entailed. She also speaks of her father's life as revealed in his diaries ; the people she admired during her youth ; her sister Elizabeth ; about life during the Depression years ; working as a cook on a station ; going to England in 1936 ; she speaks of her career as a journalist for The West Australian ; adjusting to married life ; her work on the Aboriginal Cultural Foundation.