In this marginal commentary, Grenville is able to demonstrate a self-reflexive investigation of the historiographic concerns of the writing of historical novels.

The second text within this narrative, Searching for the Secret River, functions as public authorial marginalia.

While Grenville's authorial commentary does not constitute literal marginalia, this paper constructs a reading model which pairs two of Grenville's texts to form a composite narrative. Abstract: The textual margins of Kate Grenville's The Secret River extend beyond the material boundaries of the book, and in these abstract margins Grenville pencils extensive marginalia to her own novel.Searching for the Secret River maps this creative journey into fiction, and illuminates the importance of family in all our lives. Read more to London and back, and slowly she begins to realise she must write about him. Grenville starts to investigate her ancestor, hoping to understand his life. It is in itself an amazing story, beginning with Grenville's great-great-great grandfather. Searching for the Secret River tells the story of how Grenville came to write this wonderful book. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize and awarded the Commonwealth Writer's Prize, the story of William Thornhill and his journey from London to the other side of the world has moved and exhilarated hundreds of thousands of readers. Kate Grenville's The Secret River was one of the most loved novels of 2006. It maps this creative journey into fiction, and illuminates the importance of family in our lives. This book tells the story of how Grenville came to write this book. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and awarded the Commonwealth Writer's Prize. Kate Grenville's 'The Secret River' was one of the most loved novels of 2006. Description for Searching for the Secret River Paperback.

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