The Thorn Birds: Library Edition

Product Description[MP3CD audiobook format in vinyl case.] [Read by Mary Woods] The Thorn Birds is a robust, romantic saga of a singular family, the Clearys. It begins in the early 1900s when Paddy Cleary moves his wife, Fiona, and their seven children to the vast Australian sheep station of Drogheda, and it ends more than half a century later with the only survivor of the third generation, the brilliant actress Justine O'Neill. Wonderful characters people this book: strong and gentle Paddy, hiding a private memory; dutiful Fiona, holding back love because it once betrayed her; violent, tormented Frank, and the other hardworking Cleary sons who give the boundless lands of Drogheda all their energy and devotion; as well as Meggie, Ralph, and Meggie's children. And there is the land itself: stark, relentless in its demands, brilliant in its flowering, prey to gigantic cycles of drought and flood, rich when nature is bountiful, surreal like no other place on earth.Review''A heart-rending epic . . . truly marvelous.'' --Chicago Tribune''A perfect read . . . The kind of book the world blockbuster was made for.'' --Boston Globe''This gripping and passionate tale of an Australian family is a natural for audio presentation . . . Woods creates an audio edition that is as addictive to listen to as the book is to read.'' --AudioFile About the AuthorCOLLEEN MCCULLOUGH is the internationally acclaimed author of several immensely successful novels. She lives with her husband, Ric Robinson, on Norfolk Island in the South Pacific.