The Secret River
Registered by YorkCollegeLC of York, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on 3/25/2011
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Journal Entry 1 by YorkCollegeLC from York, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on Friday, March 25, 2011
From amazon:
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...
I enjoyed this.
Journal Entry 2 by YorkCollegeLC at York College in York, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on Friday, March 25, 2011
Released 13 yrs ago (3/25/2011 UTC) at York College in York, North Yorkshire United Kingdom
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