The Secret River [electronic resource]
Grenville, Kate2008
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*NEW NOVEL RESTLESS DOLLY MAUNDER SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024* FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AND WOMEN'S PRIZE-WINNING AUSTRALIAN NOVELIST London, 1806. William Thornhill, happily wedded to his childhood sweetheart Sal, is a waterman on the River Thames. Life is tough but bearable until William makes a mistake, a bad mistake for which he and his family are made to pay dearly. His sentence: to be transported to New South Wales for the term of his natural life. Soon Thornhill, a man no better or worse than most, has to make the most difficult decision of his life.
Main title:
The Secret River [electronic resource] / Kate Grenville
Author:
Grenville, Kate, AuthorAthill, Diana, Author of introduction, etc
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Canongate Books, 2008
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Series:
Thornhill
Audience:
Reading grade level: 5
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
Awards:
Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Commonwealth Foundation)Man Booker Prize for Fiction Nominee (The Booker Prize Foundation)Notable Books for Adults (Notable Books Council)
ISBN:
9781847673534
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2753159
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