Fleeing to Australia to escape the repressive life of British-controlled Ireland, Tim Shea is alarmed by his new home's equally stifling social order and its inclination towards prejudice. By the author of Schindler's List. 25,000 first printing. $25,000 ad/promo. Tour.
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From the Publisher:
By the best-selling author of Schindler's List, the moving story of a man who moves his family from the harsh poverty of British-controlled Ireland at the end of the last century, hoping to find new freedom in Australia. Instead, he discovers a different but equally stifling social order -- and a moral challenge that will force him to transcend the barriers of race and class.
About the Author:
Thomas Keneally has won international acclaim for his novels Schindler's Ark, Confederates, Gossip from the Forest, Playmaker, Woman of the Inner Sea, and A River Town. He is most recently the author of the biography American Scoundrel: The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles.
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- PublisherNan A. Talese
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0385476965
- ISBN 13 9780385476966
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages324
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