But when the handsome John Beck - a former Methodist preacher turned novice whaler with a mysterious past - arrives at the Davidson's door pleading to join her father's crews, suddenly Mary's world is upended. 1908: It's the year that proves to be life-changing for our teenage narrator, Mary Davidson, tasked with providing support to her father's boisterous whaling crews while caring for five brothers and sisters in the wake of their mother's death. An impassioned, charming, and hilarious debut novel about a young woman's coming-of-age, during one of the harshest whaling seasons in the history of New South Wales.
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