The secret river [sound recording]
Grenville, Kate, 1950-2007
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Following a childhood marked by poverty and crime in the slums of London, William Thornhill is sentenced in 1806 to be transported to New South Wales for the term of his natural life. With his wife and children, he arrives in a harsh land. This story is set in 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...
Main title:
The secret river [sound recording] / Kate Grenville.
Author:
Edition:
Abridged ed.
Imprint:
London : Hachette Audio, 2007.
Collation:
5 sound discs (6 hr., 8 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes:
Compact discs.
ISBN:
9781405502634 (sound discs)
Dewey class:
823.914
Language:
English
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BRN:
2118569