--- product_id: 62756964 title: "Rush Oh!" price: "€ 15.54" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.be/products/62756964-rush-oh store_origin: BE region: Belgium --- # Rush Oh! **Price:** € 15.54 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Rush Oh! - **How much does it cost?** € 15.54 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.be](https://www.desertcart.be/products/62756964-rush-oh) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Buy Rush Oh! by Barrett, Shirley (ISBN: 9780349006659) from desertcart's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Review: Heart-warming story - It is a nice bitter-sweet story set in the early 20th century. Although i enjoyed it, it was not the most memorable book I have read recently Review: One of my top reads of 2016 - This book, which has been longlisted for the Bailey's Prize 2016, (that's how it came to catch my eye), is one of my favourite reads of 2016. It tells the story of Mary Davidson, the eldest daughter of a whaling family in Australia in the early years of the twentieth century. She has written an illustrated memoir of the whaling season of 1908. In fact the illustrations are one of my favourite things about this book, lending it a charm and a sense of realism that really tug at your heart strings. The story she tells is funny and heart breaking, and romantic and poetic, and oh so beautifully written. It really is a book to savour. 1908 is a difficult whaling season, because there just aren't many whales that make the men shout, "Rush Oh" (the call that the men use to alert everyone to the arrival of a right whale in the bay. (They are called "right" whales because they are the right whales for catching. Then John Beck arrives in town, and asks for a job on the whale ship as oarsman. He has a mysterious past. Mary is soon besotted and bewitched by him. However, is he really who he pretends to be? Actually, what I have written makes this book sound like a romantic mystery story, but it's so much more than that. It's a delightful, deftly written tale of what it really felt like to depend on the whales for your livelihood, and along the way snippets of history are dropped lightly into the story - drawn from real newspaper cuttings, so that you get the feeling what you are reading could be non-fiction. Rush Oh! is a beautifully crafted account of a time when a family of fishermen formed a relationship with a pod of killer whales. One of the most memorable characters in the book, in fact, is the killer whale named Tom. The acknowledgements tell how you can go and see his bones in a museum of whaling in Australia. This museum is now on my wish list of places to visit! This beguiling little book made me laugh and cry. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 996,828 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 44,977 in Contemporary Fiction (Books) 45,378 in Literary Fiction (Books) | | Customer reviews | 3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars (336) | | Dimensions | 12.7 x 3.1 x 19.8 cm | | ISBN-10 | 0349006652 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0349006659 | | Item weight | 1.05 kg | | Language | English | | Print length | 368 pages | | Publication date | 2 Feb. 2017 | | Publisher | Fleet | ## Images ![Rush Oh! - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81YAIJ4DiWL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Heart-warming story *by B***B on 18 March 2020* It is a nice bitter-sweet story set in the early 20th century. Although i enjoyed it, it was not the most memorable book I have read recently ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ One of my top reads of 2016 *by L***M on 1 April 2016* This book, which has been longlisted for the Bailey's Prize 2016, (that's how it came to catch my eye), is one of my favourite reads of 2016. It tells the story of Mary Davidson, the eldest daughter of a whaling family in Australia in the early years of the twentieth century. She has written an illustrated memoir of the whaling season of 1908. In fact the illustrations are one of my favourite things about this book, lending it a charm and a sense of realism that really tug at your heart strings. The story she tells is funny and heart breaking, and romantic and poetic, and oh so beautifully written. It really is a book to savour. 1908 is a difficult whaling season, because there just aren't many whales that make the men shout, "Rush Oh" (the call that the men use to alert everyone to the arrival of a right whale in the bay. (They are called "right" whales because they are the right whales for catching. Then John Beck arrives in town, and asks for a job on the whale ship as oarsman. He has a mysterious past. Mary is soon besotted and bewitched by him. However, is he really who he pretends to be? Actually, what I have written makes this book sound like a romantic mystery story, but it's so much more than that. It's a delightful, deftly written tale of what it really felt like to depend on the whales for your livelihood, and along the way snippets of history are dropped lightly into the story - drawn from real newspaper cuttings, so that you get the feeling what you are reading could be non-fiction. Rush Oh! is a beautifully crafted account of a time when a family of fishermen formed a relationship with a pod of killer whales. One of the most memorable characters in the book, in fact, is the killer whale named Tom. The acknowledgements tell how you can go and see his bones in a museum of whaling in Australia. This museum is now on my wish list of places to visit! This beguiling little book made me laugh and cry. ### ⭐⭐⭐ Three Stars *by R***Y on 19 July 2017* Found it hard going! --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.be/products/62756964-rush-oh](https://www.desertcart.be/products/62756964-rush-oh) --- *Product available on Desertcart Belgium* *Store origin: BE* *Last updated: 2026-04-30*