The trespassers / Meg Mundell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mundell, Meg, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Murder--Investigation--Fiction.

Murder.

Twenty-first century--Forecasts--Fiction.

Twenty-first century.

Immigrants--Australia--Fiction.

Immigrants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages)

Place of Publication:

St Lucia, Queensland : University of Queensland Press, [2019]

Summary:

Fleeing their pandemic-stricken homelands, a shipload of migrant workers departs the UK, dreaming of a fresh start in prosperous Australia. For nine-year-old Cleary Sullivan, deaf for three years, the journey promises adventure and new friendships; for Glaswegian songstress Billie Galloway, it's a chance to put a shameful mistake firmly behind her; while impoverished English schoolteacher Tom Garnett hopes to set his future on a brighter path. But when a crew member is found murdered and passengers start falling gravely ill, the Steadfast is plunged into chaos. Thrown together by chance, and each guarding their own secrets, Cleary, Billie and Tom join forces to survive the journey and its aftermath. The Trespassers is a beguiling novel that explores the consequences of greed, the experience of exile, and the unlikely ways strangers can become the people we hold dear.

Contents:

Cover

Praise for Meg Mundell

Author Biography

Title Page

Dedication

Epigraph

THE STEADFAST

1

CLEARY

BILLIE

TOM

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

THE NIGHTINGALE

9

10

11

12

13

LANDFALL

14

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7022-6356-7

0-7022-6355-9

OCLC:

1109957159