Rush Oh! by Shirley Barrett
The captivating debut novel from the winner of the Camera D'Or
When Mary Davidson, the eldest daughter of a whaling family in Eden, New South Wales, sets out to chronicle the particularly difficult season of 1908, the story she tells is poignant and hilarious, filled with drama and misadventure. It's a season marked not only by the sparsity of whales and the vagaries of weather, but also by the arrival of John Beck, an itinerant whale man with a murky past, on whom Mary promptly develops an all-consuming crush. But hers is not the only romance to blossom amidst the blubber...
Swinging from Mary's hopes and disappointments, both domestic and romantic, to the challenges that beset their tiny whaling operation, Rush Oh! is a celebration of an extraordinary episode in Australian history, when a family of whalers formed a fond, unique allegiance with a pod of frisky Killer whales - and in particular, a Killer whale named Tom.
Format: Paperback | 368 pages
Dimensions (cm): 23.4 x 15.3 x 2.7 | 550g -
Publication Date: 2015
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia
Imprint: Picador
Publication City/Country: Sydney, Australia
Language: English
Illustrations note: b&w illustrations
Edition Number: 1
ISBN10: 1743535945
ISBN13: 9781743535943
Condition: Very Good
A book that does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. Very minimal wear and tear.