The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough

This book is multi-generational Australian
family saga centered on a tragic,
decades-long forbidden romance
between a young woman and the
ambitious Catholic priest who mentored
her from childhood.

This book contains: alcohol, animal body
horror/gore, blackmail, cannibalism (implied),
child abuse (severe/excessive), controversial
religious and gender commentary, death
(excessive-animals and humans), deception,
depression, derogatory terms, dubious
consent, explicit sexual activities/nudity,
farming animal cruelty, grief, grooming,
human body horror/gore, marital rape
(graphic and mutliple times), murder,
non-sexual nudity, parental neglect, profanity,
prostitution, smoking, toxic relationships and
violence (excessive/graphic).