Adapted from the 1977 novel The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough, it tells the story of the nineteen years between Dane's birth and Ralph's return to Australia. Basis for the 1983 television miniseries of the same name, starring Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Barbara Stanwyck, Christopher Plummer, Piper Laurie, Jean Simmons, Richard Kiley, Bryan Brown and others, the novel tells the story of a family saga set in the Australian outback, ISBN 10: 0060129565 ISBN 13: 9780060129569.The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years is a 1996 CBS miniseries directed by Kevin James Dobson. The illustrated, price-clipped Dust Jacket, dated '0577' on front flap, is bright, with several tears at folds discretely closed with pH neutral materials from inside. Binding is bright burnt-orange boards with blind-stamped image of barren thorn tree on front board with bright gilt title, etc., to spine and all corners square and sharp. Text Block is clean, straight, square, and fairly tight cream-colored pages, with mildly tanned deckled edges, and no markings of any kind. Third (3rd) Printing (number line to '3') of First American Edition.

Harper & Row, New York, New York, USA, 1977. Most of all, it is the story of the Clearys' only daughter, Meggie, and the haunted priest, Father Ralph de Bricassart and the intense joining of two hearts and souls over a lifetime, a relationship that dangerously oversteps sacred boundaries of ethics and dogma. It is a poignant love story, a powerful epic of struggle and sacrifice, a celebration of individuality and spirit. The Thorn Birds is a chronicle of three generations of Clearys an indomitable clan of ranchers carving lives from a beautiful, hard land while contending with the bitterness, frailty, and secrets that penetrate their family. One of the most beloved novels of all time, Colleen McCullough's magnificent saga of dreams, struggles, dark passions, and forbidden love in the Australian outback has enthralled readers the world over. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities.

Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine.

Price-clipped DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (light chipping present to the spine ends).

The thorn birds is a 1977