The Secret River

Beschreibung

*NEW NOVEL RESTLESS DOLLY MAUNDER SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024*<BR>FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AND WOMEN'S PRIZE-WINNING AUSTRALIAN NOVELIST <BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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.

Angaben vom Händler.