The Secret RiverKate GrenvilleMain - CanonsLabel: Canongate CanonsDescription: *NEW NOVEL RESTLESS DOLLY MAUNDER SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024*FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AND WOMEN'S PRIZE-WINNING AUSTRALIAN NOVELIST 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.
