Summary
On a squally afternoon in the winter of 1821, Sarah Dyer gives birth to the strangest child ever seen in Van Diemen’s Land, a thing more seal than human. The Reverend Mr Kidney at first suspects a virgin birth. Mr Sculley, an anatomist and man of science, hails it as the antipodean answer to the elusive Dutch sooterkin.
The pup is a joy to its parents and a welcome companion to their nine-year-old son, Ned. But when a well-dressed stranger arrives bearing a modest proposal for the inf…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781876485023 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1876485027 |
| Author: | Tom Gilling |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 1999 |
| Weight: | 254g |
| Dimensions: | 213mm x 136mm x 17mm |
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