On December 8th, 1915, Meggie Cleary had her fourth birthday.
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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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The Thorn Birds
2005, HarperCollins Publishers
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2005, HarperCollins Publishers
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The Thorn Birds
2003-06, Perfectbound
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The Thorn Birds
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The Thorn Birds
December 16, 1999, Longman
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Les oiseaux se cachent pour mourir
1986-09, Pierre Belfond
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1978-06, Avon
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1978-06, Avon
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Originally published: USA : Harper & Row Publishers, Inc, 1977. ; Australia : Harpar & Row Publishers, Inc, 1978.
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The Thorn Birds is a 1977 best-selling novel by Australian author Colleen McCullough. Set primarily on Drogheda – a fictional sheep station in the Australian Outback named after Drogheda, Ireland – the story focuses on the Cleary family and spans the years 1915 to 1969.
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