num_pages: 5
description: Following a childhood marked by poverty and crime in the slums of London, William Thornhill is sentenced in 1806 to be transported to New South Wales for the term of his natural life. With his wife and children, he arrives in a harsh land.
language: English
title: The Secret River
titlecomplete: The Secret River
characters: Kate Grenville, Ningali Lawford-Wolf
genres: Fiction, Historical, Australia, Book Club, School, Literature, Novels, 19th Century, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 22348
places: Australia, Dhirrumbim, New South Wales, 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: Hachette Audio,