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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Plume
Publication date
May 1, 1996
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780452276550
ISBN-10
0452276551
Dimensions
1 by 5.50 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.60 lbs.
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$22.00
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Fleeing to Australia to escape the repressive life of British-controlled Ireland, Tim Shea is alarmed by his new home's equally stifling social order and its inclination toward prejudice. Reprint. NYT.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: A novel based on real events in the life of Thomas Keneally's grandfather, A River Town takes us back to the turn of the century. Like the immigrants who came to America's shores, Tim Shea has left his native Ireland and its confining social codes to seek the wide-open spaces of Australia. Struggling to make a living as a storekeeper and to support a growing family, Shea finds his stubborn integrity has made him vulnerable to the kinds of social pressures he thought he had left behind in Ireland. A River Town tells of how a man triumphs through compassion, of the heroism of looking beyond a community's easy prejudices. Engrossing, funny, and touching, it is, in short, vintage Keneally.
Editions
Hardcover
Large print edition from Wheeler Pub Inc (November 1, 1995)
9781568952642 | details & prices | 463 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.50 lbs | List price $24.95
About: Fleeing to Australia to escape the repressive life of British-controlled Ireland, Tim Shea is alarmed by his new home's equally stifling social order and its inclination towards prejudice
About: Fleeing to Australia to escape the repressive life of British-controlled Ireland, Tim Shea is alarmed by his new home's equally stifling social order and its inclination towards prejudice
from Doubleday (May 1, 1995); titled "River Town"
9780385476966 | details & prices | 6.75 × 9.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.45 lbs | List price $24.00
About: Fleeing to Australia to escape the repressive life of British-controlled Ireland, Tim Shea is alarmed by his new home's equally stifling social order and its inclination towards prejudice
About: Fleeing to Australia to escape the repressive life of British-controlled Ireland, Tim Shea is alarmed by his new home's equally stifling social order and its inclination towards prejudice
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from Plume (May 1, 1996)
9780452276550 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $22.00
About: Fleeing to Australia to escape the repressive life of British-controlled Ireland, Tim Shea is alarmed by his new home's equally stifling social order and its inclination toward prejudice.
About: Fleeing to Australia to escape the repressive life of British-controlled Ireland, Tim Shea is alarmed by his new home's equally stifling social order and its inclination toward prejudice.
New edition from Hodder & Stoughton (September 21, 1995)
9780340624746 | details & prices | 400 pages | List price $16.90
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