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The
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The Secret River by Kate Grenville
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ABOUT
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1806 William Thornhill, a man of quick temper and deep feelings, is transported
from the slums of London to New South Wales for the term of his natural life.
With his wife Sal and their children he arrives in a harsh land he cannot understand.
But the colony can turn a convict into a free man. Eight years later Thornhill sails up the Hawkesbury to claim a hundred acres for himself. Aboriginal people already live on that river. And other recent arrivals-Thomas Blackwood, Smasher Sullivan and Mrs Herring-are finding their own ways to respond to them. Thornhill, a man neither better nor worse than most, soon has to make the most difficult choice of his life. Inspired by research into her own family history, Kate Grenville vividly creates the reality of settler life, its longings, dangers and dilemmas. The Secret River is a brilliantly written book, a groundbreaking story about identity, belonging and ownership. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
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Kate Grenville won the Orange Prize in 2001 for The Idea of Perfection. This, and her other works of fiction-Lilian's Story, Dreamhouse, Joan Makes History and Dark Places-have been popularly and critically acclaimed. The Secret River has won the 2006 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction at the 2006 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, and Book of the Year at the Australian Book Industry Awards 2006. It is longlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for fiction. It will be published in seven countries throughout 2006. Kate lives in Sydney. |
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