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Item Details
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THE SECRET RIVER
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| By: |
Kate Grenville, Diana Athill |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£8.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0857860844 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780857860842 |
| Publisher: |
CANONGATE BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 May, 2011 |
| Edition: |
Main |
| Pages: |
352 |
| Description: |
Winner of the 2006 Commonwealth Writers' Prize - reissued in a brand new package |
| Synopsis: |
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 . . .The Secret River is a universal and timeless story of love, identity and belonging. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Canongate Books Ltd |
| Prizes: |
Short-listed for The Man Booker Prize 2006 (UK) |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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