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Secrets of the Sea.
by Shakespeare, Nicholas
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0099507773
- ISBN 13
- 9780099507772
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
London: Vintage / Random House, 2008. Reprint ed.. Paperback thick trade, very good plus condition, minimal edgewear. 486 pp. This Australian novel by British writer is about an 11-year-old boy named Alex who is torn from his life on a remote farm in Tasmania after the death of his parents in a car crash. He is sent to school in England. When he returns to Australia 12 years later, the timeless beauty of the land and his encounter with a young woman whose life has been marked by tragedy, persuade him to stay. They marry, and he finds himself drawn into the eccentric, often hilarious dynamics of island life.
Synopsis
"An Ecco book." First published: London : Harvill Secker, 2007.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27486
- Title
- Secrets of the Sea.
- Author
- Shakespeare, Nicholas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Reprint ed.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0099507773
- ISBN 13
- 9780099507772
- Publisher
- Vintage / Random House
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- australian fiction, families, tasmania, britain
Terms of Sale
Bookhome Sydney
Parcels posted within Australia by Australia Post. Overseas parcels from Australia posted by Air Mail with full tracking (about 10 to 30 days delivery, but delays in post possible). Expertly wrapped. Genuine guarantee. We request extra postage for heavy books.
About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
Biblio member since 2004
Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
Friendly family-owned internet bookshop located in Sydney's inner west. Selling books since 1998 (online since 2000). A broad range of quality secondhand and antiquarian books, particularly Australian history and society (Australiana), psychology, health, animals/pets, environment, science, religion, books for children. Mostly nonfiction.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.