in love with Macca. Maxwell writes that the title of this section "is from Steve's idealisation of Macca, her lifelong love, whom she sees sometimes as Charon, the mythical Greek boatman on whom the goddess Venus bestowed youth and beauty. The Celtic bronze of his reddish hair is set against the colour of the sea". Part Three: "No Moon Yet" Steve and Blue travel to the Ovens Valley in Northeastern Victoria and obtain work harvesting hops and maize. They spend some of this time out of work, and struggle to feed themselves. They thieve food to survive, most often from the Italian itinerant workers living near them. Steve pines for her love, Macca. The title, Maxwell writes, "expresses Steve's growing impatience and despair as she waits for sings of affection from Macca, her one true love, who has gone up-country". Part Four: "Ah, Primavera" Steve and Blue return to Gippsland for another season of pea-picking. Macca is not there, and Steve learns that he has gone droving and has another "girl". At the end of picking, Blue returns home to marry, at Steve's encouragement, and Steve remains alone in Gippsland. Characters Steve is the first-person narrator of the novel. She sees herself as a poet. The novel focuses primarily on her search for love and "to be loved". "She is moody, passionate and discontented with her life". Blue is Steve's sister and "acts as a foil for Steve, and a target for her envy". She is beautiful and is more extroverted than Steve. She is also more pragmatic. The sisters quarrel often, but are devoted to each other. Kelly and Macca are the two men Steve falls in love with. Macca, the second love and Steve's main love interest in the novel, is unable to match her intensity. Jim is another agricultural worker and their main friend and protector in Part Two. He becomes romantically interested in Blue but she doesn't return his affection. The Black Serpent, and her husband the Buccaneer, are Steve's idols. She idealises their marriage and seeks the Black Serpent's support in her quest for Macca's love. Mrs Wallaby and Charlie are their main friends in Part Three, and provide them with a home for part of that time. Charlie wants to marry Steve, but she remains focused on her love for Macca. Mia is the girls' mother and appears between each part as they return