description: Moving between the slums of nineteenth-century London and the convict colonies of Australia, a novel based on the author's own family history chronicles the lives and fortunes of the early pioneers of New South Wales.
language: English
title: The Secret River
titlecomplete: The Secret River
characters: Ningali Lawford-Wolf, Kate Grenville
genres: Historical, Literature, School, Literary Fiction, Novels, Book Club, Australia, 19th Century, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 22345
places: Australia, New South Wales, Dhirrumbim, New South Wales
series: Thornhill Family
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: New South Wales Premier's Literary Award
category: Christina Stead Prize for Fiction & Community Relations Commission Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Miles Franklin Literary Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Australian Booksellers Association Book of the Year, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best Book Overall, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA)
category: Literary Fiction and for Book of the Year, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Nita B. Kibble Literary Award
publisher: Blackstone Pub