Paperback edition of Grenville's follow-up to her bestselling, Booker shortlisted novel, }The Secret River{. Set in colonial Australia, and loosely based on her own family history, she revisits the Thornhill family. Grenville won the Orange Prize for her novel }The Idea Of Perfection{. 'Her description of the harshly beautiful Australian landscape is unforgettable, more poetry than prose.' }Guardian{