The Secret River
The Secret River
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Sign in or Sign up!- Release Date: 24/07/2018
- Barcode: 9781782118879
- Genre: Fiction
- Sub-Genre: Historical Fiction
- Imprint: Canongate
- Publisher: Canongate Books

The Secret River
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A modern classic of one man's loss, struggle and survival in the Australian wilderness by the Booker Prize-shortlisted and Women Prize-winning Australian novelist Kate Grenville, introduced by Diana Athill *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.
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