The Secret River by Kate Grenville

condition: great

WINNER OF THE 2006 COMMONWEALTH WRITER'S PRIZE

"This is a novel everyone should read."

EILEEN BATTERSEY, IRISH TIMES

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 compelling new novel from the internationally acclaimed

Kate Grenville is a universal and timeless story of love, identity and belonging.

"Grenville shows again the excellent form that won her the Orange Prize®

HUGO BARNACLE, SUNDAY TIMES

"4 maguificent nove - an unflinching exploration

of modern Australia's origins."

NEW YORKER

"Brilliantly atmospheric ... a profound journey of self-discovery."

DAVID ISAACSON, INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

"Splendidly paced, passionate and disturbing."

SALLEY VICKERS, THE TIMES