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Colleen McCullough is best known for her historical fiction and this lengthy family saga is set mostly in Australian sheep country. The book is a love story at heart and centers around the beautiful Meggie Cleary and Ralph de Bricassart, a Catholic priest who loves/wants her AND his career.
I saw the TV miniseries back in 1983 and just now got around to reading the novel with a book group. I must confess that, although it was perhaps fresh at the ...more
Colleen McCullough is best known for her historical fiction and this lengthy family saga is set mostly in Australian sheep country. The book is a love story at heart and centers around the beautiful Meggie Cleary and Ralph de Bricassart, a Catholic priest who loves/wants her AND his career.
I saw the TV miniseries back in 1983 and just now got around to reading the novel with a book group. I must confess that, although it was perhaps fresh at the ...more
I thoroughly enjoyed this book! Definitely recommend. There were some twists in there that I didn't see coming.
It started a bit slow - it wasn't until p. 150 or so that I really got it into, but as it's almost 700 pages long, that was ok! ...more
It started a bit slow - it wasn't until p. 150 or so that I really got it into, but as it's almost 700 pages long, that was ok! ...more
Love it, read it! I think people who enjoy any kind of fiction will love this! Up next, the mini-series...
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