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Synopsis
London, 1807. 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. The Thornhills arrive in this harsh and alien land that they cannot understand and which feels like a death sentence. But among the convicts there is a rumour that freedom can be bought, that 'unclaimed' land up the Hawkesbury offers an opportunity to start afresh, far away from the township of Sydney. When William takes a hundred acres for himself he is shocked to find Aboriginal people already living on the river. And other recent arrivals - Thomas Blackwood, Smasher Sullivan and Mrs Herring - are finding their own ways to respond to them. Soon Thornhill, a man neither better nor worse than most, has to make the most difficult decision of his life.
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"Grenville, as ever, describes an Australia so overwhelmingly beautiful that readers will lust after its sunbaked soul too." -- Daily Telegraph
In this dazzling novel . . . Grenville achieves a fine balance of
sympathy for the Aboriginal population of her native Australia . .
.Stunning.
-- The Independent, 1/09/06
a vivid evocation of the rawest kind of colonialism -- Waterstone's Books Quarterly
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A groundbreaking story about identity, belonging and ownership.
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- PublisherCanongate Books
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 184195828X
- ISBN 13 9781841958286
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages368
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