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Colleen McCullough, Author of The Thorn Birds, Dies
[url]http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/colleen-mccullough-author-of-the-thorn-birds-dies-20150129-131dka.html[/url]
Upon reading the various obits I realized I knew very little about her life and methods of working. Here in the United States The Thorn Birds, along with the Australian films of the '70s and '80s, was to me a cultural wake-up call.