Привет, друзья! Вот и очередной обещанный пятничный (хе-хе,...

Hi friends! Here is the next promised Friday (hehe, Saturday this time) contest # catherinemosesand))) And it will be dedicated to my favorite book - “Singing in Blackthorns”. Why? Not so long ago, a friend of mine argued with what love is and how it is expressed through actions. And whether this is the very “expression". We never reached a compromise, but I remembered my favorite book. Thank you, @janebelenkova, for giving me this book in my 15 (or 14?) Birthday. Until now, I consider her one of the most interesting and beloved. Annotation to the book that I had: “This is a romantic saga about three generations of a family of Australian workers, about people who are hard to find their happiness. Glorifying strong and deep feelings, love for the native land, this book is replete with true and colorful details of Australian life, pictures of nature. ” everything is so, but for me, this is a veryoooo superficial description of what you really “meet” on the pages of this novel (or the “family saga,” as the author herself, Colin McCullough, defined it). Summary for those who have not read (and, in fact, the same dry and superficial as the annotation))))): the book contains seven chapters, each of which is dedicated to a particular protagonist. In this part, the character's character, his actions are maximally revealed, and the main bright events associated with him occur. The book begins in 1915 and covers half a century. The book is opened by the head of “Maggie”, which tells about the childhood of the main character, Maggie Cleary, about her large family of brothers, father and mother, their relationship and poor life on a New Zealand farm. In subsequent chapters, we will follow the family’s moving to Drohead’s estate in Australia (how and for some reason, read if you are not familiar with this novel)))), the acquaintance of Maggie and Ralph de Brikassar, about the emergence of life-long love, about the transformation of poor farmers in the wealthy owners of the estate, about the youth and adult life of the main character, her marriage, the birth of children, their fate and the fate of all the inhabitants of Drohead, including the adult life of the children of Maggie Dan and Justina. In fact, the main “core” of the book, as for me (yes, professionals forgive me — I am neither a critic, nor a philosopher, nor a psychologist), is the relationship of people, their feelings, actions for the sake of these feelings, the discovery of the nature and essence of man through these very acts and Love. Different, very different Love. In my opinion, almost all of its manifestations can be found on the pages of this saga — maternal, platonic, unconditional, selfish, unrequited, passionate, painful ... etc, etc. Most of all I remember Paddy's love for his wife and her for him (how these feelings were revealed to us throughout the book and after certain events !!!), the love of Ralph and Maggie (well, you can’t get past this !!!) and the love of Lyon and Justina. A magnificent, stunning and very “earthly” novel, which is read over several evenings. For lovers of quotes and clever thoughts, there are plenty of them! I did not read or watch the sequel, I can only talk about this book. As for me, the series is very good, but, of course, I would re-shoot it))))))
The competitive question is in the picture !!!!
Good luck !!!