Which book does The Thorn Birds come from? Ask god for help

The Thorn Birds is a work in itself. This novel was written by colleen mccullough, a famous Australian writer. This is a very popular novel after its publication. Since the publication of 1977, it has not only become popular in the United States, but also become one of the top ten bestsellers in the United States. And it soon became an "international bestseller" that swept the world. It was adapted into a movie, made into a TV series and controlled into a cassette. It was one of the best bestsellers in the whole 1980s, and readers always asked the author to continue writing. The author cooperated with the composer and personally adapted it into a musical for the German audience. The Thorn Birds is an Australian family novel, which focuses on the love entanglement between the heroine Meggie and Father Ralph, and describes the story of three generations of Cleary family. Because the author is a female writer, the exploration of women's love mentality in the novel is very profound, very delicate and touching, so this book has the reputation of Gone with the Wind in Australia and has been selected as a must-read for women many times. After the book was published in the United States from 65438 to 0977, the print run exceeded 8 million copies. Together with The Godfather, Love Story, Poor Man, Rich Man and Humboldt's Gift, it is listed as one of the top ten modern classics by Time magazine. The poem about the Thorn Birds answered above is from this novel.