03002cam a2200481 i 45000010011000000030008000110050017000190080041000360100015000770200018000920200015001100200018001250200015001430350079001580400008002370420008002450430012002530820029002651000026002942450056003202500045003762640040004212640011004613000024004723360026004963370028005223380027005505000022005775201307005996500026019066500038019326500029019706500034019996500037020336500062020706510054021326550031021866550024022176550034022416550041022756550019023167760185023351281587792MeVbMML20240919141419.0220225t20222022nyub   e      000 1 eng    a2022009543  a9781982180492  a1982180498  a9781982180508  a1982180501  a(OCoLC)1281587792z(OCoLC)1281133449z(OCoLC)1281245568z(OCoLC)1324242838  cAJM  apcc  au-at-we00a823/.92223/eng/202202251 aPook, Lizzie,eauthor10aMoonlight and the pearler's daughter /cLizzie Pook  aFirst Simon & Schuster hardcover edition 1aNew York :bSimon & Schuster,c2022 4c©2022  a274 pages  ;c24 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aMaps on endpapers  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 0aPearl diversvFiction 0aPearl industry and tradevFiction 0aMissing personsvFiction 7aPearl diversxfiction.2sears 7aMissing personsxFiction.2sears 7aWestern AustraliaxHistoryx19th centuryxFiction.2sears 0aWestern AustraliaxHistoryy19th centuryvFiction 7aHistorical fiction.2lcgft 7aSea fiction.2lcgft 2aFictional Work0(DNLM)D022922 7aAction and adventure fiction.2lcgft 7aNovels.2lcgft08iOnline version:aPook, Lizzie.tMoonlight and the pearler's daughter.bFirst Simon & Schuster hardcover editiondNew York : Simon & Schuster, 2022z9781982180515w(DLC)  2022009544