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Mass market paperback published in 2002, 0708849709 paperback published in 1979, kindle edition published in 2009, h. An exlibrary book and may have standard library stamps andor stickers. It begins in the early part of this century, when paddy cleary moves his wife, fiona, and their seven children to drogheda, the vast australian sheep station owned by his autocratic and childless older sister. Chicago tribune one of the most beloved novels of all time, the thorn birds, colleen mcculloughs sweeping family saga of dreams, titanic struggles, dark passions, and forbidden love in the australian outback, returns to enthrall a new generation. This sweeping australian saga tops many a readers favorite books list, and its overall rating on goodreads is an impressive 4. M32 t5 1977 the thorn birds is a 1977 bestselling novel by the australian author colleen mccullough.
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The thorn birds mass market paperback book discussion. It sounds very stiff, unnatural and unlikely, especially that between meggie and ralph. Incredibly, one airline showed it during flights on the evenings it was broadcast so that no one would miss an episode. Colleen mccullough is the author of the thorn birds, tim, an indecent obsession, a creed for the third millennium, the ladies of missalonghi, the first man in rome, the grass crown, fortunes favorites, caesars women, caesar, and other novels. The detroit thorn birds are driven beyond reason, exhibiting the same levels of extraordinary commitment as did colleen mcculloughs characters in her 1977 bestselling novel, the thorn birds. The thorn birds is a chronicle of three generations of clearysan indomitable clan of ranchers carving lives from a beautiful, hard land while contending with the bitterness, frailty, and secrets that penetrate their family. Reading it today, the language has not stood the test of time to me. The only other colleen mccullough book i have read was the thorn birds and that was many years ago. She published 25 novels, ranging from love stories to crime fiction, including the monumental, sevenvolume masters of rome historical fiction series.
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