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The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds
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Re-visit a classic! Australia's bestselling book that was turned into a mini-series in 1983. At the story…more

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Kathryn
Jan 11, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: australian-authors, 4-5-stars, fiction, reading-list-2014
I finished this book a couple of days ago and I loved it! It’s my first Colleen McCullough and it is certainly an Australian classic (shame on me for not reading it before this!). But I shall definitely be reading more McCullough at some point to rectify my earlier omission!

It’s the story of a family spanning 54 years from 1915, beginning in New Zealand, up to 1969, having encompassed characters’ lives in Australia, Europe and England. I was a little daunted by the size – 743 pages in my copy – ...more
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Dee-Ann
May 23, 2010 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
read this when I was young, about 18, and wow, fell in love with the characters.
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Cinnamontea
Jan 18, 2010 marked it as to-read
Robyn
Mar 09, 2010 rated it did not like it
Shelves: australia
Lesley
Apr 11, 2010 rated it really liked it
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May 14, 2010 rated it really liked it
Julia
May 22, 2010 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: australiana
Joan
Sep 05, 2010 rated it it was amazing
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Sep 15, 2010 rated it it was ok
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May 20, 2011 rated it liked it
Naomi
Sep 27, 2011 marked it as to-read
Nan
Oct 16, 2011 marked it as to-read
Shelves: historical-romance, classics
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Oct 31, 2011 rated it liked it
Donice
Dec 13, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Katherine
Feb 09, 2012 rated it really liked it
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Mar 26, 2013 marked it as to-read
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Mar 29, 2013 rated it it was ok
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Aug 28, 2013 marked it as to-read
Mary
Dec 21, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Paula
Apr 26, 2016 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: australian-top-100
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Feb 23, 2023 rated it liked it
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Dec 16, 2020 marked it as to-read
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Sep 19, 2021 marked it as to-read
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