The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough 1977 Vintage Book

This listing is for the vintage book "The Thorn Birds" by Colleen MCCullough.

Copyright 1977
533 pages
Hardback
Publisher - Harper & Row

Measures about 6 1/2 inches across by about 9 1/2 inches.

The Thorn Birds is a robust, romantic saga of a singular family, the Clearys. It begins in the early part of this century, when Paddy Cleary moves his wife, Fiona, and their seven children to Drogheda, the vas Australian sheep station owned by his autocratic and childless older sister; and it ends more than half a century later, when the only survivor of the third generation, the brilliant actress Justine O'Neill, sets a course of life and love halfway around the world from her roots.
The central figures in this enthralling story are the indomitable Meggie, the only Cleary daughter, and the one man se truly loves, the stunningly handsome and ambitious priest Ralph de Bricassart. Ralph's course moves him a long way indeed, from a remote Outback parish to the halls of the Vatican; and Meggie's, except for a brief and miserable marriage elsewhere, is fixed to the Drogheda that is part of her bones - but distance does not dime their feelings though it shapes their lives.
Wonderful characters people this book: strong and gentle Paddy, hiding a private memory; dutiful Fiona, holding back love because it once betrayed her; violent, tormented Frank, and the other hardworking Cleary sons who give the boundless lands of Drogheda the energy and devotion most men save for women; Meggie; Ralph; and Meggie's children, Justine and Dane. And the land itself: stark, relentless in its demands, brilliant in its flowering, prey to gigantic cycles of drought and flood, rich when nature is bountiful, surreal like no other place on earth.


This book has some staining on the very edges of the pages.
Pages are still tight.
Covers and edges show signs of wear.
The dust jacket has lots of tears and is missing some pieces.


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