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The Thorn Birds

ISBN: 0517201658

Title: The Thorn Birds

Author: Colleen McCullough

KDL Description:

A saga of three generations of the indomitable Cleary family begins in the early 1900s when Paddy Cleary, a poor New Zealand farm laborer, moves his wife and children to the Australian sheep station owned by his rich sister.

Amazon Description:

With over 10 million copies sold worldwide, here is the towering epic about three generations of a remarkable family in the Australian outback that was the basis for one of the most beloved television miniseries of all time. The Boston Globe called it “the kind of book the word ‘blockbuster’ was made for.” The inaugural edition of our Modern Classics series, this is the only hardcover edition of The Thorn Birds currently in print.