Book guide
Sarah Thornhill
A family secret turns first love into a journey through Australia’s buried past.
GenresHistoricalLiterary
Genre and trope pairingsHistoricalForbidden romanceHistoricalClass divideHistoricalFamily sagaLiteraryFamily secretsLiteraryIntergenerational traumaLiterarySocial commentary
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About Sarah Thornhill
Sarah Thornhill, youngest daughter of the family from The Secret River, grows up in the Hawkesbury valley believing love with Jack is certain. But a hidden family secret reaches across the past and present, sending her across an ocean and into the dark legacies her family tried to silence.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Light
- Darkness
- Balanced
- Pacing
- Balanced
Series
Thornhill Family / Colonial Trilogy · Book 3 of 3
Content warnings
- racism
- massacre
- colonisation
- grief
- forced removal of Indigenous child
