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The Thorn Birds
Colleen McCullough
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Description for The Thorn Birds
Paperback. * The Australian answer to GONE WITH THE WIND * 'One of the biggest-selling, most widely read books in the history of fiction' Observer Series: VMC. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 39. Weight in Grams: 448.
Sometimes when he didn't know he was being watched Meggie would look at him and try desperately to imprint his face upon her brain's core ...And he would turn to find her watching him, a look in his eyes of haunted grief, a doomed look. She understood the implicit message, or thought she did; he must go, back to the Church and his duties. Never again with the same spirit, perhaps, but more able to serve. For only those who have slipped and fallen know the vicissitudes of the way ...
Sometimes when he didn't know he was being watched Meggie would look at him and try desperately to imprint his face upon her brain's core ...And he would turn to find her watching him, a look in his eyes of haunted grief, a doomed look. She understood the implicit message, or thought she did; he must go, back to the Church and his duties. Never again with the same spirit, perhaps, but more able to serve. For only those who have slipped and fallen know the vicissitudes of the way ...
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Series
VMC
Condition
New
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844084470
SKU
V9781844084470
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About Colleen McCullough
Colleen McCullough was born in Wellington, New South Wales, working in hospitals in Sydney and London before moving to the Yale University Medical School to train as a nurse. There she wrote the phenomenal bestseller, The Thorn Birds.
Reviews for The Thorn Birds
She fell not for its romantic hero, but for its Australian setting
Guardian
A true epic . . . It's easy to see why this stunning tale has been called the Australian Gone With The Wind
Observer
Excellent
Daily Telegraph
Beautiful . . . Compelling entertainment
New York Times
I simply could ... Read more
Guardian
A true epic . . . It's easy to see why this stunning tale has been called the Australian Gone With The Wind
Observer
Excellent
Daily Telegraph
Beautiful . . . Compelling entertainment
New York Times
I simply could ... Read more