The secret river
In 1806 William Thornhill is transported from the slums of London to Australia as punishment for stealing. After serving his 8 year sentence, Thornhill sails up the Hawkesbury River to claim land for himself. But Aboriginal people already live along the river forcing Thornhill to make a difficult choice.
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- ISBN: 0002005980
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334 pages - Edition 1st Canadian ed.
- Publisher Toronto : HarperCollins, 2006.
- Copyright ©2005
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The Secret River
After a childhood of poverty and petty crime in the slums of London, William Thomhill is sentenced in 1806 to be transported to New South Wales for the terms of his natural life. With his wife Sal and children to tow, he arrives in a harsh land that feels at first like a death sentence. But his first glimpse of land for the taking awakens in him a desire he never had before: to own that land, no matter the cost to his soul. From the winner of the 2001 Orange Prize.