The Thorn Birds
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4.4 • 105 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
“Beautiful….Compelling entertainment.” —New York Times
One of the most beloved novels of all time, The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough’s sweeping family saga of dreams, titanic struggles, dark passions, and forbidden love in the Australian Outback, returns to enthrall a new generation.
The Thorn Birds is a chronicle of three generations of Clearys—an indomitable clan of ranchers carving lives from a beautiful, hard land while contending with the bitterness, frailty, and secrets that penetrate their family. It is a poignant love story, a powerful epic of struggle and sacrifice, a celebration of individuality and spirit. Most of all, it is the story of the Clearys' only daughter, Meggie, and the haunted priest, Father Ralph de Bricassart—and the intense joining of two hearts and souls over a lifetime, a relationship that dangerously oversteps sacred boundaries of ethics and dogma.
“A heart-rending epic…truly marvelous.” —Chicago Tribune
Customer Reviews
The Thorn Birds
I loved very bit of this book I have seen the movie but the original story has so much more detail I couldn’t put it down!
Satisfying/frustrating epic
Surprisingly good.
A classic.
A great title, showing that even love, like roses, have thorns.
I loved this book so much and hated that it ended as I hungered for more. I now intend reading “Bittersweet”, expecting to be as engrossed in this book as I was in “Thornbirds”. Great author, you were, Colleen McCullough.