Rush Oh! [electronic resource]
Shirley Barrett2015
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The captivating debut novel from the winner of the Camera D'Or
"Hugely funny and peopled with a cast of characters I came to treasure like my
own friends, Rush Oh! reminded me why I love reading." Hannah Kent, bestselling
author of Burial Rites
When Mary Davidson, the eldest daughter of a whaling family in Eden, New South
Wales, sets out to chronicle the particularly difficult season of 1908, the
story she tells is poignant and hilarious, filled with drama and misadventure.
It's a season marked not only by the sparsity of whales and the vagaries of
weather, but also by the arrival of John Beck, an itinerant whale man with a
murky past, on whom Mary promptly develops an all-consuming crush. But hers is
not the only romance to blossom amidst the blubber...
Swinging from Mary's hopes and disappointments, both domestic and romantic, to
the challenges that beset their tiny whaling operation, Rush Oh! is a
celebration of an extraordinary episode in Australian history, wh...
Main title:
Rush Oh! [electronic resource] / Shirley Barrett
Author:
Shirley Barrett, Author
Imprint:
Australia : Picador Australia, 2015
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (368 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781743539620
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
436566
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |