Colleen McCullough

No, it hasn't been Grannmarie

Just finished 'Tim'. Awwww. What a book. Most unusual, quite odd really, and so well written.

Thank you, Spice.

Callistemon21

Yammy Anna Jacobswrote books about the Perth area in the early days of colonisation.

The Trader's Series and Swan River Saga as far as I remember.

Callistemon, I found some Anna Jacobs
Trader's books in a charity shop, £1 each, looking forward to reading them.

I hope you enjoy them, Grannmarie

Callistemon21

I hope you enjoy them, Grannmarie

Thank you. I have family in the Perth area, it will be interesting to read about it in an historical fictional setting.

I loved The Thornbirds. Thanks for reminding me of Colleen McCullough! Also read Tim - very unusual and a little disturbing at times, but written beautifully. I loved The Thornbirds series with Richard Chamberlain, but I think James Norton would be perfect in a remake. Must try some more
of hers.

I'm ploughing my way through all her books just now. I'm surrently on the Carmine Delmonico detective ones. I cant say they're my favourites. Will persevere. The Roman series next.

Bryce Courtney is pretty good on Australia too, Aveline. The Potato Factory is a real eye opener....

Colleen McCullough was ahead of her time when you consider Tim. A beautiful book and very sensitive film. Questions about consent that were not even really thought about when she wrote this never mind about sexuality of those that were thought to be unsexual i.e. women of a certain age and people with disadvantages. Very prescient and evident of her understanding of people and circumstances

I used to read quite heavy books when I was younger but somebody lent me The Thorn Birds to read on holiday and I loved it.So I read The Ladies of Missalonghi afterwards and loved that, too.