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On December 8th,1915, Meggie Cleary had her fourth birthday. Read the first page
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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This book may be over 30 years old, but it still grabs me like it did the first time I read it as a teenager. I remember the first time I read it, I couldn't put it down.
It tells the story of the Cleary family and their life on their aunt's homestead, Drogheda, in Australia and follows Meggie's life from early childhood
to old age and her passion for Father Ralph. This book seems to bridge the generations as now my Mother and Daughter love it just as much as I do.
It tells the story of the Cleary family and their life on their aunt's homestead, Drogheda, in Australia and follows Meggie's life from early childhood
to old age and her passion for Father Ralph. This book seems to bridge the generations as now my Mother and Daughter love it just as much as I do.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I am only partly through reading this superb story and finding it difficult to put down,usually falling asleep before I do.
Colleen McCulloughs vivid descriptions of the various scenes in the Australian outback are simply amazing.
I purchased the book after once again being given the opportunity to see The Thorn Birds mini - series on the CBS Drama channel earlier this year, how that stirred past memories from the eighties and the excitment in making sure we were always home in time to watch it on our T.V.s.
The book is long and the print a little small{however that could be due to my eyesight} and in no way deters me from looking forward to the next chapter.
I recommend this book to all of those who fell in love with the stars of the mini-series.In truth it is better than the T.V. romantic drama.
Joy Gerken
Hythe
Kent
Colleen McCulloughs vivid descriptions of the various scenes in the Australian outback are simply amazing.
I purchased the book after once again being given the opportunity to see The Thorn Birds mini - series on the CBS Drama channel earlier this year, how that stirred past memories from the eighties and the excitment in making sure we were always home in time to watch it on our T.V.s.
The book is long and the print a little small{however that could be due to my eyesight} and in no way deters me from looking forward to the next chapter.
I recommend this book to all of those who fell in love with the stars of the mini-series.In truth it is better than the T.V. romantic drama.
Joy Gerken
Hythe
Kent
19 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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I first read this book ten years ago, and since then I've reread it twice. The first time I read it, I thought it was the most amazing book ever. I cancelled everything just so I could sit and read undisturbed. I felt lost when I finished it. The second and third times I read it, I guess I recognized that the writing was a little wooden and melodramatic. But hey, who cares? It's still an experience to read it. I ususally hate big rambling sagas, but this is fantastic storytelling, and demands to be read quickly and compulsively. Incidentally, the last time I read it, i was actually living in Australia, and I found that it really captured the look and feel of the New South Wales bush. I'm sure my dog-eared edition will be read many more times - I only wish that I could read it for the first time again!
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