RJ4， B組黃怡亭

The second book I chose is called "The Thorn Birds". It was written by an Australian author, Colleen McCullough.

This book began with a legend. In Australia, there is a kind of birds. From the time it is born, it searches for a thorn tree. And when it finds one, it flies at the highest, sharpest thorn. As it dies, it sings its last song – more beautiful than any other birds' . The thorn bird is the symbol of the heroine, Maggie Cleary. She is also searching for a way to sing her song.

This story happened in a private barony. The rich woman, Maggie's aunt, who had a great passion on Father Ralph. Although she gave her dower to help him promoting in the church, Father Ralph still didn't love her. It was because he had already deeply been in love with Maggie. And when Maggie grew up, she also realized the Father Ralph's love…

I haven't finished this book yet. But I found it was harder than my first book. Because there were many vocabularies and in some part I had to recite it once and once until I could understand!