A review by michaelpdonley
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough

5.0

I didn't want to love this book, because it was a made-for-TV movie back in the day. I thought it was going to be a "romance" novel, with no subtlety, only a central scandalous relationship. But it was an epic story of a family wrestling with loyalties, secrets, faith, the elements. Each character was carefully drawn with complexity, altogether believable. But in today's unveiling of sexual misconduct by clergy and the sweeping under the rug of indiscretions, the covering up of the central affair has a stinging truth to it.