
The Thorn Birds
Colleen McCullough · 1977
The great Australian saga of forbidden love. Meggie and Father Ralph de Bricassart's decades-spanning impossible relationship unfolds against the brutal beauty of the Outback. McCullough understood that the most powerful romances are the ones where love can never be fully claimed, and she built a world worthy of that tragedy.
Romance · the Pro canon
The case for it, the case against, and the rest of the canon open with Pro.