But when this was chosen (voted) as a choice for my online bookclub, it gave me an excuse to finally tackle it.
I bought this copy several years ago, intending to read more books classed as Australian classics and didn’t get around to any of them. So somehow I made it all the way to 38 years of age without ever having read The Thorn Birds despite the fact it was published before I was born, despite the fact that it’s an acknowledged Australian classic.
For Meggie loves Father Ralph de Bricassart, a man who wields enormous power within the Catholic Church…Īs powerful, moving and unforgettable as when it originally appeared, THE THORN BIRDS remains a novel to be read … and read again. With life’s unpredictability, it is love that is their unifying thread, but it is a love shadowed by the anguish of forbidden passions. Stoic matriarch Fee, her devoted husband, Paddy, and their headstrong daughter, Meggie, experience joy, sadness and magnificent triumph in the cruel Australian outback. The bestselling Australian novel of all time, THORN BIRDS is the sweeping saga of three generations of the Cleary family.
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