{"product_id":"9781841956824-secondhand-the-secret-river","title":"The Secret River","description":"London, 1807.\n\nWilliam Thornhill, happily wedded to his childhood sweetheart Sal, is a waterman on the River Thames. Life is tough but bearable until William makes a mistake, a bad mistake for which he and his family are made to pay dearly. His sentence: to be transported to New South Wales for the term of his natural life.\n\nThe Thornhills arrive in this harsh and alien land that they cannot understand and which feels like a death sentence. But among the convicts there is a rumour that freedom can be bought, that 'unclaimed' land up the Hawkesbury offers an opportunity to start afresh, far away from the township of Sydney. When William takes a hundred acres for himself he is shocked to find Aboriginal people already living on the river. And other recent arrivals - Thomas Blackwood, Smasher Sullivan and Mrs Herring - are finding their own ways to respond to them.\n\nSoon Thornhill, a man neither better nor worse than most, has to make the most difficult decision of his life ...","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50578889408731,"sku":"9781841956824-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/2d6b7b51-f69f-4bfe-a28d-ae831c26fd21.jpg?v=1791191515","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781841956824-secondhand-the-secret-river","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}