Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
This is the the chronicle of three generations of McClearys, ranchers carving lives from a beautiful, hard land wile contending with the bitterness, frailty and secrets that penetrate their family. Most of all, it is the story of only daughter Meggie and her lifelong relationship with the haunted priest Father Ralph de Bricassart - an intense joining of two hearts and souls that dangerously oversteps sacred boundaries of ethics and dogma. A poignant...
2) Morgan's run
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a story of breathtaking scope, Colleen McCullough returns to the magnificent setting of her international bestseller The Thorn Birds. Following the disappearance of his only son and the death of his beloved wife, Richard Morgan is falsely imprisoned and exiled to the penal colonies of eighteenth-century Australia. His life is shattered but Morgan refuses to surrender, overcoming all obstacles to find unexpected contentment and happiness in the...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sometimes fairy toles can come true-even for plain,shy spinsters like Missy Wright. Neither as pretty as cousin Alicianor as domineering as mother Drusilla, she seems doomed to aquiet life of near poverty at Missalonghi, her family's pitifullysmall homestead in Australia's Blue Mountains. But It's a brandnew century-the twentieth-a time for new thoughts and boldnew actions. And Missy Wright is about to set every self-righteous tongue in the town of...
4) Bittersweet
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Returning to the sweeping romantic saga, Colleen McCullough presents a new major work: the story of four unforgettable sisters navigating work, love, and their dreams in 1920s Australia. Because they are two sets of twins, the four Latimer sisters are as close as can be. They are famous throughout New South Wales for their beauty, wit, and ambition, but as they step into womanhood, they are not enthusiastic about the limited prospects life holds...
5) The touch
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Scottish-born Alexander Kinross writes home from the gold fields of 1860s Sydney for a bride and marries young cousin Elizabeth, who struggles with Alexander's rowdy ex-madam mistress and illegitimate son.
In Interlibrary Loan
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Orem Public Library can be requested from other Interlibrary Loan libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup. NOTE: WILL REQUIRE A POSTAGE FEE
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? You can put in a request for us to add it to the collection. Submit Request