03193cam a2200529 i 4500 1281587792 MeVbMML 20240919141419.0 220225t20222022nyub e 000 1 eng 2022009543 9781982180492 1982180498 9781982180508 1982180501 (OCoLC)1281587792 (OCoLC)1281133449 (OCoLC)1281245568 (OCoLC)1324242838 AJM pcc u-at-we 823/.92 23/eng/20220225 P781 .m Pook, Lizzie, author 17322 Moonlight and the pearler's daughter / Lizzie Pook First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition New York : Simon & Schuster, 2022 ©2022 274 pages ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Maps on endpapers "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?"-- Provided by publisher Pearl divers Fiction 18366 Pearl industry and trade Fiction 18367 Missing persons Fiction 5894 Pearl divers fiction. sears 18368 Missing persons Fiction. sears 14467 Western Australia History 19th century Fiction. sears 18369 Western Australia History 19th century Fiction 18370 Historical fiction. lcgft 129 Sea fiction. lcgft 16913 Fictional Work (DNLM)D022922 10412 Action and adventure fiction. lcgft 613 Novels. lcgft 50 Online version: Pook, Lizzie. Moonlight and the pearler's daughter. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition New York : Simon & Schuster, 2022 9781982180515 (DLC) 2022009544 .b173864880 ddc BOOK 30076 30076 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ AF 2024-09-19 16.99 0 POOK 66532 2024-09-19 2024-09-19 BOOK 1