{"product_id":"2026100009010-secondhand-a-river-town-signed","title":"A River Town (SIGNED)","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st aus ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Very good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Very good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Signed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the raw, unforgiving landscape of turn-of-the-century rural Australia, A River Town chronicles the life of Tim Shea, an Irish immigrant who runs a general store in the small New South Wales town of Kempsey — a man caught between his old-world loyalties and the demands of a young, restless nation. When a young woman's body is discovered near the Macleay River, Tim finds himself drawn into a web of community suspicion, colonial prejudice, and moral reckoning that will test the very foundations of his identity and conscience. Keneally renders the town's social fabric with precise, unsparing detail, weaving together themes of justice, belonging, and the immigrant experience in a narrative that pulses with quiet menace.\n\nA master of historical fiction and winner of the Booker Prize for Schindler's Ark, Tom Keneally brings his characteristic blend of moral seriousness and vivid storytelling to this deeply Australian tale. His prose is muscular yet lyrical, anchoring grand historical forces in the intimate struggles of ordinary lives. A River Town stands as a powerful meditation on what it means to be a stranger in a land that is not quite yet your own — and whether a good man can ever truly outrun the weight of his past.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49336814665947,"sku":"2026100009010-SECONDHAND","price":60.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/ff4f13c5-8aeb-4bea-b688-e733dc0cb32b.png?v=1789958605","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009010-secondhand-a-river-town-signed","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}