Rush Oh!

By Shirley Barrett

The captivating debut novel from the winner of the Camera D&#39;Or&quot;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.&quot; Hannah Kent, bestselling author of Burial RitesWhen 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.It&#39;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. But hers is not the only romance to blossom amidst the blubber...Swinging from Mary&#39;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.&quot;vivid prose ... gives savour to a highly enjoyable and unusual yarn&quot; Sydney Morning Herald&quot;It is Mary who you will miss like a sister ... when the final page is turned.&quot; The Australian

The captivating debut novel from the winner of the Camera D'Or"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 RitesWhen Mary Davidson, the eldest

By Shirley Barrett

Recommended Titles

Additional Details

Awards

Author Biography