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The Secret River
A groundbreaking story about identity, belonging and ownership. 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.
About The Secret River
A groundbreaking story about identity, belonging and ownership. 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 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.
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- Is The Secret River on Spotify?
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- Yes — The Secret River is available as an audiobook on Apple Books.
- Who wrote The Secret River?
- The Secret River is by Kate Grenville.
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