The Thorn Birds
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4.4 • 59 Ratings
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
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
Emotional, touching and sinful. Well written.
Thorn Birds
This story is one of my favorites of all time
I rate it up there with Gone With The Wind , Sound of Music ,Dr Zhivago I re read this and watch the movie over and over again
Great story. Thank you
The Thorn Birds
This is one of my favorite books...it throws you into a world and the lives of people you may not have otherwise had the pleasure and sadness of knowing.
I have read it and reread it at different times in my life. Each time I see something I had missed previously and each time I grow to appreciate and care for a character that I hadn't the time before.
I read the book for the first time in my late teens and just read it again at the age of 51...it seems to grow old with me.
I know this won't be the last time I read this book and find that I'm already looking forward to who I will "meet" and learn more about the next time through because as I do I have always found and expect to continue to find a piece of myself as well.