A famous sentence from The Thorn Birds: (Page 11, 11-11).

The Thorn Birds is a novel written by Australian contemporary writer colleen mccullough. Translated and published by Yilin Publishing House in July 1998. Based on the love entanglement between the heroine Meggie and father Ralph, this novel describes the story of three generations of Cleary family, which spans more than half a century. In this article, Ralph yearned for the power of the church, but fell in love with Meggie, a beautiful girl from Cleary's family. For the "God" he pursued, he abandoned secular love, but his heart was extremely contradictory and painful. With this as the center, the joys and sorrows of more than ten members of Cleary's family are also displayed. Therefore, this work is also called Australia's Gone with the Wind.