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The Thorn Birds is a 1977 best-selling novel by Colleen McCullough, an Australian author. In 1983 it was adapted as a television mini-series that, during its television run became the United States' second highest rating mini-series of all time behind Roots; both series were produced by television veteran David L. Wolper.
The mini-series starred Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Barbara Stanwyck, Christopher Plummer, Bryan Brown, Mare Winningham, Philip Anglim and Jean Simmons. It was directed by Daryl Duke.
Set primarily on Drogheda, a fictional sheep station in the Australian outback, the story focuses on the Cleary family and spans the years 1920 to 1962.
The story starts with the Cleary family in New Zealand: The father Paddy, his wife Fee and the children, the most prominent being the eldest son Frank and the youngest (and only daughter) Meggie Cleary, who becomes one of the two central characters in the story.
They are invited to move to Drogheda where Paddy's sister Mary lives. She hires them to take care of her estate. Mary is the richest person in the area. Father Ralph de Bricassart, a handsome, ambitious priest stuck in the outback, tries to befriend her to gain her money and to help him advance in the Catholic hierarchy. Mary is straight-forward about her attraction toward Ralph and often goes to great extents to discover if he is willing to break his vows. Ralph passes it off as good humor and continues his visits. Ralph cares for all the Clearys and takes a special liking to Meggie.
Young Meggie makes Ralph the center of her life as the only girl in an environment and era when only sons are to be revered. Frank's relationship with his father Paddy has never been peaceful. In an argument Paddy blurts out the truth about Frank: Frank is not Paddy's son. As a young woman Fee had an affair with a married politician, and the result, Frank, was already eighteen months old when Paddy married her. Fee had always loved and given more attention to Frank than any of her other children. Stunned, Frank runs away to become a boxer. Meggie is devastated.
With Frank gone, Meggie clings to Ralph. This goes unnoticed by many as Ralph has now been her mentor for several years; however, as she becomes a woman some begin to question their close relationship, including Ralph and Meggie themselves. At Mary's seventy second Birthday party Ralph goes to great lengths to avoid Meggie, later explaining that others might not see his attention as innocent. That night Mary Carson rewrites her will, telling no one of her intentions. Mary dies in the night, leaving all of her money in the control of Ralph, forcing him to choose between the Church and Meggie. Her lawyer tells Ralph that they could destroy the new will, and in accordance with the old will the Clearys would get everything (including several million dollars worth of stock); however Ralph is an ambitious priest. He breaks his vow of poverty, taking control of Mary Carson's wealth in the name of the Catholic Church. Ralph treats the Cleary family generously and makes sure that they are well taken care of as the managers of Drogheda. He himself gains the attention of Rome and is promoted to a post in Sydney.
Before he leaves Meggie confesses her love for him. Ralph refuses her because of his duties as a priest and begs Meggie to find someone to love and marry.
The Clearys discover that Frank was convicted of murder after killing someone in a fight. Father Ralph visits Frank in prison.
Paddy and Stuart are killed. Paddy dies in a fire triggered by lightning. Stu finds his father's body but inadvertently disturbs a wild boar and it gores him. Ralph is on his way to Drogheda for a visit and when he arrives he is unaware of Paddy and Stu's deaths. Whilst on his way to Drogheda, Ralph is injured when his plane bogs in the mud and as Meggie is tending his wounds they share a passionate kiss. Ralph remains at Drogheda to conduct the funerals and then leaves for Rome.
Three years later a new ranch worker named Luke O'Neill begins to court Meggie. He looks similar enough to Ralph that Meggie takes a liking to him. They wed. Luke takes a job as a sugar cutter in North Queensland, leaving Meggie far from home, but in the care of a married couple (the Muellers) who feel terribly sorry for her. Thinking she can change Luke's ambition and settle him down, Meggie purposely becomes pregnant and bears Luke a daughter, Justine. Father Ralph visited Meggie during her difficult labor; he has come to say goodbye, as he is leaving Australia for Rome.
After a difficult delivery the Mueller's send Meggie on holiday for a rest. Father Ralph returns to Australia and learns of Meggie's whereabouts from Anne Mueller. He joins Meggie at the resort for several days. There, finally, he realizes that despite his aspirations to be the perfect priest, he loves Meggie with as great a passion as he serves the Church. Father Ralph returns to the Church and, upon return from Matlock Island, Meggie, pregnant with Ralph's child, decides to leave Luke and return to Drogheda.
She names the child Dane. Fee knows who the father is because of her own experience. Meggie's relationship with her mother improves. Eventually, Frank is released from prison and he also returns to Drogheda.
As Dane grows up he wants to be a priest. Fee tells Meggie that what she stole from God she has to give back. Justine wants to be an actress and leaves Australia to seek her dream in England. Dane goes to Ralph, who is now a Cardinal, but Ralph does not know that Dane is his own child. He takes great care of him, and because of their resemblance people mistake them for uncle and nephew. Ralph and Dane encourage the rumour so Ralph's close relationship with Dane is not mistaken for favoritism.
None of Meggie's brothers ever married, and Drogheda has become a place filled with old people.
Dane drowns on holiday in Greece whilst a civil war is going on. Meggie, desperate to find her child, seeks Ralph's help. He refuses to get involved until Meggie tells him the truth about Dane. Immediately they fly together to Greece and bring Dane's body back to Drogheda. Soon after Dane's death, Ralph also passes away.
Justine finally accepts the advances of Rainer, a distinguished German politician who has loved her for years.
The book's title refers to a bird that searches for thorn trees from the day it is born. When it finds the tree it pierces its own heart on a thorn, singing the most beautiful song ever heard.