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Spanning 1915-1969, this epic follows the Cleary family on an Australian sheep station and a forbidden romance between a woman and a priest amid religious and personal conflicts.
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Spanning 1915-1969, this epic follows the Cleary family on an Australian sheep station and a forbidden romance between a woman and a priest amid religious and personal conflicts.
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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.
What's Inside
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Romance & sex
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Central forbidden romance between a young woman and a Catholic priest, with multiple explicit sexual scenes and age-gap elements.
Violence & gore
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Depictions of death including a child, animal death, and scattered violence throughout the family saga.
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Prominent Catholic themes, clergy characters, religious guilt, sin, and conflict between faith and desire.
Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Explores misogyny and women's endurance within a patriarchal family and society.
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Includes child abuse, emotional manipulation, grooming undertones, family grief, and systemic suffering.
Other
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