" It is Mary who you will miss like a sister. when the final page is turned." The Australian
gives savour to a highly enjoyable and unusual yarn" Sydney Morning Herald Swinging from Mary's hopes and disappointments, both domestic and romantic, to the challenges that beset their tiny whaling operation, Rush Oh! is a celebration of an extraordinary episode in Australian history, when a family of whalers formed a fond, unique allegiance with a pod of frisky Killer whales - and in particular, a Killer whale named Tom. Title: Rush Oh Author: Shirley Barrett Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Publication date: MaLength: 368 pages Genre: Fantasy/contemporary/adult Source: Review copy courtesy of the publisher via NetGalley Share this: Twitter Facebook Pinterest Email Like this: LikeLoading. But hers is not the only romance to blossom amidst the blubber. It's a season marked not only by the sparsity of whales and the vagaries of weather, but also by the arrival of John Beck, an itinerant whale man with a murky past, on whom Mary promptly develops an all-consuming crush. When Mary Davidson, the eldest daughter of a whaling family in Eden, New South Wales, sets out to chronicle the particularly difficult season of 1908, the story she tells is poignant and hilarious, filled with drama and misadventure. "Hugely funny and peopled with a cast of characters I came to treasure like my own friends, Rush Oh! reminded me why I love reading." Hannah Kent, bestselling author of Burial Rites Swinging from Mary's own hopes and disappointments to the challenges that have beset her family's whaling operation, Rush Oh! is an enchanting blend of fact and fiction that's as much the story of its gutsy narrator's coming-of-age as it is the celebration of an extraordinary episode in history.The captivating debut novel from the winner of the Camera D'Or But when the handsome John Beck - a former Methodist preacher turned novice whaler with a mysterious past - arrives at the Davidson's door pleading to join her father's crews, suddenly Mary's world is upended.Īs her family struggles to survive the scarcity of whales and the vagaries of weather, and as she navigates sibling rivalries and an all-consuming first love for the newcomer John, nineteen-year-old Mary will soon discover a darker side to these men who hunt the seas, and the truth of her place among them. An impassioned, charming, and hilarious debut novel about a young woman's coming-of-age, during one of the harshest whaling seasons in the history of New South Wales.ġ908: It's the year that proves to be life-changing for our teenage narrator, Mary Davidson, tasked with providing support to her father's boisterous whaling crews while caring for five brothers and sisters in the wake of their mother's death.
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