Sanctuary Sanctuary

Sanctuary

a stunning family saga from the bestselling author of Black Sheep

    • 4.3 • 144 Ratings
    • $15.99

Publisher Description


A stunningly compelling novel, where compassion meets bigotry, hatred meets love, and ultimately despair meets hope on an isolated island off Western Australia.

LOST AT SEA
On a barren island off the coast of Western Australia, a rickety wooden dinghy runs aground. Aboard are nine people who have no idea where they are. Strangers before the violent storm that tore their vessel apart, the instinct to survive has seen them bond during their days adrift on a vast and merciless ocean.

MYSTERY AMONG SURVIVORS
Fate has cast them ashore with only one thing in common . . . fear. Rassen the doctor, Massoud the student, the child Hamid and the others all fear for their lives. But in their midst is Jalila, who appears to fear nothing. The beautiful young Yazidi woman is a mystery to them all.

A TOWN TRANSFORMED
While they remain undiscovered on the deserted island, they dare to dream of a new life . . .

But forty kilometres away on the mainland lies the tiny fishing port of Shoalhaven. Here everyone knows everyone, and everyone has their place. In Shoalhaven things never change.

Until now . . .

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'Mistress of the ripping yarn.' SUN-HERALD
'500 pages of perfect reading.' AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY
'Perfect summer reading.' SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
'A master of what she does.' WEEKLY TIMES
'A stunning blockbuster.' WOMAN'S DAY
'A prolific writer of bestsellers.' THE AGE

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2017
16 October
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
528
Pages
PUBLISHER
Penguin Random House Australia
SELLER
Penguin Random House Australia Pty Ltd
SIZE
11.8
MB

Customer Reviews

Smiling75 ,

Sanctuary

What a wonderfully written and insightful book. Judy Nunn deserves an award for this beautifully told story of the human tragedy that is the refugee. It has certainly opened my eyes even more so. Thank you Judy for telling another brilliant story.

Mariec1 ,

Thought provoking

Contemporary and thought provoking. A good read which so easily could be true.

Desparrado ,

Brilliant

A well written book.

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