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008 220225s2022 nyub e 000 1 eng
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020 _a9781982180492
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020 _a1982180498
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020 _a9781982180508
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020 _a1982180501
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035 _a(OCoLC)1281587792
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042 _apcc
043 _au-at-we
092 _aPOOK,
_bLIZZIE
049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aPook, Lizzie,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aMoonlight and the pearler's daughter /
_cLizzie Pook.
250 _aFirst Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bSimon & Schuster,
_c2022.
300 _a274 pages :
_bmaps ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _aMaps on endpapers.
520 _a"Western Australia, 1886. After months at sea, a slow boat makes its passage from London to the shores of Bannin Bay. The sea is a shocking blue, and gulls float above battered mangrove jetties. From the deck, young Eliza Brightwell and her family eye their strange new home. Here is an unforgiving land where fortune sits patiently at the bottom of the ocean. A land where pearl shells bloom to the size of soup plates. Where men are coaxed into unthinkable places and unspeakable acts by the promise of unimaginable riches. Ten years later, the pearl-diving boat captained by Eliza's eccentric father returns after months at sea--without Eliza's father on it. Whispers from the townsfolk point to mutiny or murder. Headstrong Eliza knows it is up to her to discover who, or what, is really responsible. As she searches for the truth, delving beneath the glamorous veneer of south sea pearls, Eliza discovers that, underneath it all, lies a town of sweltering, stinking decay. The sun-scorched streets of Bannin Bay, a place she once thought she knew so well, are teeming with corruption, prejudice and blackmail. How far is Eliza willing to push herself in order to solve the mystery and save the ones she loves? And what family secrets will come to haunt her along the way?"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aPearl divers
_vFiction.
_9101771
650 0 _aPearl industry and trade
_vFiction.
650 0 _aMissing persons
_vFiction.
_914731
651 0 _aWestern Australia
_xHistory
_y19th century
_vFiction.
655 7 _aHistorical fiction.
_2lcgft
_9683
655 7 _aAction and adventure fiction.
_2lcgft
_97475
655 7 _aSea fiction.
_2lcgft
_9295899
655 7 _aNovels.
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