| The Thorn Birds Anniversary Edition Contributor(s): McCullough, Colleen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0380018179 ISBN-13: 9780380018178 Publisher: Avon Books OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound Published: May 2003 Annotation: In the rugged Australian Outback, "The Thorn Birds" follows three generations of the extraordinary Cleary family through joy and sadness, bitter defeat and magnificent triumph--driven by their dreams, sustained by remarkable strength of character . . . and torn by dark passions, violence and a scandalous family legacy of forbidden love. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Romance - Historical - 20th Century - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 990 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 4.1" W x 6.6" (0.72 lbs) 692 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 25859 Reading Level: 7.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 39.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Beautiful....Compelling entertainment." --New York Times "A heart-rending epic...truly marvelous." --Chicago Tribune One of the most beloved novels of all time, The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough's sweeping family saga of dreams, titanic struggles, dark passions, and forbidden love in the Australian Outback, returns to enthrall a new generation. |
Contributor Bio(s): McCullough, Colleen: - Colleen McCullough is the author of The Thorn Birds, Tim, An Indecent Obsession, A Creed for the Third Millennium, The Ladies of Missalonghi, The First Man in Rome, The Grass Crown, Fortune's Favorites, Caesar's Women, Caesar, and other novels. She lives with her husband on Norfolk Island in the South Pacific. |