The Secret River

Name: The Secret River
Author: Kate Grenville
ISBN: 9781847676900

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The Secret River was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and awarded the Commonwealth Writer's Prize. Kate Grenville's The Secret River tells the story of William Thornhill and his journey from London to the other side of the world. Searching for the Secret River tells the story of how Grenville came to write this wonderful book. It is in itself an amazing story, beginning with Grenville's great-great-great grandfather. Grenville starts to investigate her ancestor, hoping to understand his life. She pursues him from Sydney to London and back, and slowly she begins to realise she must write about him. Searching for the Secret River maps this creative journey into fiction, and illuminates the importance of family in all our lives.

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