hearts of stone
Hearts of Stone
Roger Crook
About the author
Roger Crook was born in Liverpool (UK) and spent a lot of his early life in North Wales. After a spell in the British Army and then agricultural college, he came to Western Australia with his wife Lynne and infant daughter. The last forty years have been spent in agriculture from the West Kimberley to the wheat belt and for twenty years in international agribusiness.
Roger and Lynne have two daughters and three grandchildren and live in Albany on the far south of Western Australia.
Out of Ireland have we come,
Great hatred, little room.
Maimed us at the start.
I carry from my mother’s womb
A fanatic heart.
WB Yeats 1865–1939