Jamrach's Menagerie

Name: Jamrach's Menagerie
Author: Carol Birch
ISBN: 9780857860415

Carol Birch

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Jamrach's Menagerie

Carol Birch

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#2851 of 8,085 books · #425 in Historical Fiction

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize (2011).

Jamrach's Menagerie was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2011. Young Jaffy Brown never expects to escape the slums of Victorian London. Then, aged eight, a chance encounter with Mr Jamrach changes Jaffy's stars. And before he knows it, he finds himself at the docks waving goodbye to his beloved Ishbel and boarding a ship bound for the Indian Ocean. With his friend Tim at his side, Jaffy's journey will push faith, love and friendship to their utmost limits.

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