The lives of two working class Australian families who come to live together at One Cloud Street, over a period of twenty years, 1943 - 1963. Tim Wintons Cloudstreet, is a multi-award winning novel, now 20 years old. The book has returned to the top sellers list and continues to be on school and university curriculums Set in and around Perth during the 40s and 50s, Cloudstreet tells the story of two rural families who suffer separate catastrophes and flee to the city to pick up the pieces of their lives and start again. Brought together in the same house at No.1 Cloud Street, the Lambs and the Pickles' share numerous tragedies and triumphs that draw them closer together, until the roof over their heads becomes a home for their hearts