The Secret River
By Kate Grenville
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Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize and Australian Book Industry Awards, Book of the Year.
In 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
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The Secret River
9781921776403
Text Publishing
1 July 2005
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352
801.5 KB
English
Awards
Winner of Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2006
Winner of NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize and Community Relations Award 2006 AU
Winner of Fellowship of Australian Writers' Christina Stead Award 2006 AU
Winner of Literary Fiction Book of the Year and Book of the Year, Australian Book Industry Awards 2006 AU
Shortlisted for Miles Franklin Award 2006 AU
Shortlisted for Man Booker Prize 2006