"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."

Surely everyone remembers a TV series with Richard Chamberlain as the charming cardinal de Bricassart. But the book goes deeper than that and is more than just a love story between Meggie and Ralph.

This is an extra copy, purchased especially for bookcrossing and will be used to RABCK a friendly RABCKer.

Mmmmhhhh, I was sending you a book to get some free space on my shelf and what are you doing - you sent me a new one instead :-))

Thanks a lot!

It was really funny to find "Thorn Birds" in my post box yesterday because some days ago I talked with some friends about this book. I read it ages ago in german (probably when I saw the TV-serie for the first time) and really liked it (the book and the series - even if I can´t stand Richard Chamberlain as Pater Ralph). Some months ago I saw a rerun of the series and was a little bit "shocked", it was so schmaltzy :-)
Yes and last Sunday I helped a friend packing her stuff (she is moving) and "Dörnenvögel" felt into my hands, we talked a little bit about it and I still think the book was so much better than the series (probably because there is no Chamberlain in the book *lol*) and now I´m looking forward to read it again! Thanks a lot!! (I love such coincedences!)

I didn´t read the whole book - I loved it in my teens and just reread some of my favourite chapters. It really is a lot better than the TV-serie - but I still couldn´t get R. Chamberlain out of my head (wäh - don´t like him at all :-))

Will be part of my english bookbox

Released on Friday, July 09, 2004 at TNEB "The Next English Bookbox" in Wien, Austria Controlled Releases.

Bookbox

ok, the only book from the bookbox, which came back home. i have to find a new home for it :-)

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