The Thorn Birds

by Colleen McCullough | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0380018179 Global Overview for this book
Registered by DreamworldBooks on 9/11/2005
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3 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by DreamworldBooks on Sunday, September 11, 2005
I purchased this book from a local thrift store just for the sheer joy of bookcrossing it. Enjoy!

Journal Entry 2 by DreamworldBooks at RABCK in RABCK, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, October 20, 2005

Released 18 yrs ago (10/20/2005 UTC) at RABCK in RABCK, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases

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Sending off to butterfly-noir as a RABCK. Enjoy!

Journal Entry 3 by butterfly-noir from Lisboa - City, Lisboa (cidade) Portugal on Tuesday, December 13, 2005
it's here.

its was a great christmas present along whit the other books

Journal Entry 4 by butterfly-noir from Lisboa - City, Lisboa (cidade) Portugal on Saturday, August 5, 2006
I tried to read this book two times but it just isn´t working for me :( I hate when that happens

it was offered on the relaysite and accepted by gizangel who reuqested it to horselauren

mailing out next monday

Journal Entry 5 by HoserLauren from Burlington, Ontario Canada on Monday, August 14, 2006
I got this today in the mail! It was a nice surprise! Unfortunately I received a copy of this book about 3 weeks ago!

But don't you worry, I will make sure that this book finds a good home.
Thanks for sending it along! :) :)

Journal Entry 6 by HoserLauren at Mississauga, Ontario Canada on Monday, August 20, 2018
This is a generational story of the Cleary family. With Irish roots, they settled in New Zealand and got in to sheep shearing. The family was large with many boys and one girl, Meggie, who just barely made ends meet. The eldest Cleary sister sends out a request for the rest of the family to join her on her huge farm in Australia. The family moves out there and learns life in the Australian outback. There are many ups and downs. Losses and births. The story focuses around Meggie as she grows up. As a girl, she looks up to the priest responsible for the local area. As Meggie grows up, she thinks there is an opportunity for her to pull the priest away from God but it's not meant to be. Love and heartbreak, this book has everything.

Being an older book, I find this book is very gentle and graceful. It's a pretty long one, and there were some things that probably didn't need to be in it, but the story developed the characters very well. Each character makes horrible decisions, but also good decisions. It's a pretty good representation of normal life.

Despite the gentle nature in which the story is tell, it's still pretty depressing overall. There's too much heartbreak for this poor Cleary family, it just doesn't seem fair to them.

This is true classical literature and I'm going to make sure I share my copy with others.

Journal Entry 7 by HoserLauren at Mississauga, Ontario Canada on Monday, August 20, 2018

Released 5 yrs ago (8/20/2018 UTC) at Mississauga, Ontario Canada

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Going to give this to a colleague.

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