The Thorn Birds

By Colleen McCullough, Colleen McCullough

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Behind closed doors

The Thorn Birds is a 1977 best-selling novel by Australian author Colleen McCullough. Set primarily on Drogheda – a fictional sheep station in the Australian Outback named after Drogheda, Ireland – the story focuses on the Cleary family and spans the years 1915 to 1969.

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Forbidden LoveRelationship Forbidden Workplace RomanceRelationship Slow BurnRelationship Second ChanceRelationship Tortured HeroCharacter

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Severity reflects intensity, not value — “central theme” means a warning is a core part of the book, not that the book is bad.

Griefcentral theme
Power imbalance consentcentral theme
Religious traumacentral theme
Infidelity in current relationshipcentral theme
Death of a childscene

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