THE THORN BIRDS 1976 "A SAGA, AND EVERYTHING, SIMPLY EVERYTHING, HAPPENS. It's a perfect read...beautiful... impressive...gripping ..'s the kind of book the word blockbuster was mode for. It keeps you hanging fill the last paragraph." Boston Globe "REAL LIFE PALES IN COMPARISON THE THORN BIRDS is a heart-rending epic of violence, love, piety, family roots, passion, pain, triumph, fragedy, roses, thorns...enough heartbreak for 10 lifetimes....The plot sweeps on in truly marvelous fashion to its tragic but triumphant conclusion." Chicago Tribune "THE INTERWEAVING OF LOVE STORIES from one generation to the next, the dramatic plots g, the sense of steadily mounting tension, the believe characterizations... are well-nigh irresistible." e Publishers W "AN EXTRAVAGANT, COMPELLING NOVEL that encompasses love, war, death, courage compassion...a fascinating book." San Francisco Examiner "BEAUTIFUL... COMPELLING ENTERTAINMENT." The New York Times