The Thorn Birds
By: Colleen, McCullough
Edition: printing (1)
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Sydney, Australia
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 743
ISBN-13: 9780732282240
Copyright date: 1977
Subjects: Catholics; Fiction; Clergy
Description: Treasured by readers around the world, this is the sweeping saga of three generations of the Cleary family. Stoic matriarch Fee, her devoted husband, Paddy, and their headstrong daughter, Meggie, experience joy, sadness and magnificent triumph in the cruel Australian outback. With life’s unpredictability, it is love that is their unifying thread, but it is a love shadowed by the anguish of forbidden passions. For Meggie loves Father Ralph de Bricassart, a man who wields enormous power within the Catholic church…

As powerful, moving, and unforgettable as when it originally appeared, THE THORN BIRDS remains a novel to be read…and read again.
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Notes: Originally published: USA : Harper & Row Publishers, Inc, 1977. ; Australia : Harpar & Row Publishers, Inc, 1978.