Searching for the Secret River: The Story Behind the Bestselling Novel

The story behind The Secret River<\/i>

\"A novel everyone should read.\" Irish Times<\/i>

Shortlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize

In the summer of 2000, award-winning novelist Kate Grenville decided to open the closed door of her family history. Who was her great-great-great grandfather, Solomon Wiseman, a Thames boatman sent as a convict to Australia in 1806? The answers to this question were revelatory. From the bones of his life a novel slowly evolved: The Secret River<\/i>.

This is the story of Grenville's investigation, a memoir of the writing process through false starts, wrong turns and exhilarating breakthroughs. It is a remarkable journey of discovery around the globe, across the generations and into fiction.

\"Here is someone who can really write.\"
Peter Carey<\/p><\/P>"