Mr Carver's Whale [electronic resource]
Lyn Hughes2022
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1850: A sea-chest full of books arrives for Antonio Mateus Carvalho Cabral, the
younger son of a family of whalers on the small volcanic island of Pico ...
The Carvalho brothers - handsome Marcelinho and clever Antonio - are destined to
spend their lives hunting whales. But the arrival of an unexpected gift changes
both their lives forever. As the younger Carvalho discovers the fascinating
world of the whale, a chasm opens between the two brothers, made all the more
perilous by their shared passion for the alluring and wilful Margarida Machado.
From the Azores to Lisbon, from Newfoundland to Australia, our hero travels in
search of love, fortune and his very soul. It is in Eden, a small whaling port
on the south coast of New South Wales, that he finally finds salvation in the
shape of Alice Binney, fellow lost soul and impostor, in flight from her dark
past. An enduring bond forms between the two, culminating in a final, dazzling
act of atonement.
Gloriously dark, ...
Main title:
Mr Carver's Whale [electronic resource] / Lyn Hughes
Author:
Lyn Hughes, Author
Imprint:
Australia : 4th Estate, 2022
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (336.0 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781460715536
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
437174
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |