Sarah Thornhill

Paperback | 22 February 2012 | Edition Number 1

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Winner, ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year, 2012
Longlisted, Miles Franklin Award, 2012

Product Description

From the beginning Jack and I was friends. Somehow our way of looking at things fitted together. He never called me Dolly, the way the others did, only my full and proper name.

Sarah Thornhill is the youngest child of William Thornhill, convict-turned-landowner on the Hawkesbury River. She grows up in the fine house her father is so proud of, a strong-willed young woman who's certain where her future lies.

She's known Jack Langland since she was a child, and always loved him.

But the past is waiting in ambush with its dark legacy. There's a secret in Sarah's family, a piece of the past kept hidden from the world and from her. A secret Jack can't live with. A secret that changes everything, for both of them.

Kate Grenville takes us back to the early Australia of The Secret River and the Thornhill family. This is Sarah's story. It's a story of tangled secrets, a story of loss and unlooked-for happiness, and a story about the silent spaces of the past.

This powerful novel will enthrall readers of Kate Grenville's bestselling The Secret River, winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize.

About the Author

Kate Grenville is the author of the bestselling The Secret River, winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize; The Lieutenant; and Searching for the Secret River.

Industry Reviews

'While Sarah Thornhill is billed as a sequel, anyone who hasn't already read The Secret River should not be put off. This is a novel that stands by itself and that will be treasured, I'm sure, by generations to come. It is that rare book that manages to wholly engage both head and heart, and it's a long time since I've been quite so sorry to say goodbye to a character at the end of a book as I was saying goodbye to Sarah. Grenville has done a splendid job here, and anyone who loved The Secret River will not be disappointed by Sarah Thornhill.' * Canberra Times *
'Sarah Thornhill is the book of a writer of the first rank and there are plenty of things in it that are powerfully realised and that touch the heart...she is a gift of a writer...a haunting performance.' * Age *
'If you read just one Australian novel this year, make it this one. Sarah Thornhill is a powerful story simply told...As a heroine, Sarah is an admirable addition to the list of Kate Grenville's characters, and her intellectual journey could be a blueprint for all Australians...Sarah Thornhill is a must-read, if only as a motivation to re-examine Australia's white history.' * Melbourne Weekly *
`Sarah Thornhill is a beautifully told story of early Australia and the triumphs and struggles of its convicts, free settlers and aborigines.' * Australian Women's Weekly *

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