{"product_id":"sarah-thornhill-9780857862563","title":"Sarah Thornhill","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*NEW NOVEL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e RESTLESS DOLLY MAUNDER \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN''S PRIZE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFOR FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 2024*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AND WOMEN''S PRIZE-WINNING AUSTRALIAN NOVELIST \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSarah is the youngest daughter of William Thornhill, a ruthless man who made a life for himself and his family in New South Wales after being sentenced from England. When Sarah finds true love with Jack, an older boy with mixed ancestry, she also encounters disapproval: someone in her family  will not tolerate their relationship. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe reason lies in both the past and the present, and it will take Sarah across an ocean, to a place she never imagined she would go, to discover if her love is ever going to be enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGripping and illuminating -- Diana Athill\u003cbr\u003eA graceful, passionate story of love, loss and treacherous family histories *  * Marie Claire *  *\u003cbr\u003eHer description of the harshly beautiful Australian landscape is unforgettable, more poetry than prose *  * Guardian *  *\u003cbr\u003eGrenville has emerged not only as the truth-teller but also something of a hero . . . her novels are important quests that go beyond art *  * Irish Times *  *\u003cbr\u003eIt will wrench your heart *  * Guardian *  *\u003cbr\u003eKate Grenville is one of Australia's finest writers . . . her great skill as a writer is to take the barest of biographical details and spin them into something of intricate moral complexity *  * Telegraph *  *\u003cbr\u003eGrenville inhabits characters with a rare completeness . . . She writes with a poet's sense of rhythm and imagery *  * Guardian *  *\u003cbr\u003eI will thrilled to find myslf back beside the river I'd come to know so well in \u003ci\u003eThe Secret River\u003c\/i\u003e. The power with which Kate Grenville evokes places and people is so remarkable that I could remember the smell of the air there - and it was no surprise to discover that Sarah Thornhill's story is gripping and illuminating as her father's was -- Diana Athill\u003cbr\u003eBoth brilliant fiction and illuminating personal history *  * Independent *  *\u003cbr\u003eThis 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 *  * Weekend Australian *  *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah Thornhill \u003c\/i\u003eis 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 *  *\u003cbr\u003eIf you read just one Australian novel this year, make it this one. \u003ci\u003eSarah Thornhill\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful story simply told *  * Melbourne Weekly *  *","brand":"Canongate Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47836623339863,"sku":"9780857862563","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857862563.jpg?v=1710379566","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sarah-thornhill-9780857862563","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}