Call (Sister Novel of The Thorn Birds)

Author: Colleen McCullough (Australia)
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Publish Date: March 1, 2006
Features: The illegitimate Scottish man, Alexander, could no longer endure the bullying of his family and ran away at the age of fifteen. After several twists and turns, he went to the United States to seek gold. With his hardworking and diligent spirit, he made a fortune. Later, he crossed the ocean to New South Wales, Australia, where he found a gold mine of rare quality and high taste. To develop this gold mine, he partnered with a Chinese man named Sun Chu. Sun Chu had once had a romance with the innkeeper, Ruby, and they had a son named Li. Li was exceptionally intelligent and was regarded as Alexander's adopted son, sent to Britain for the best education. To take revenge on the Drummond family, who had tormented him since childhood, Alexander married Elizabeth, a "cousin" of sixteen, hoping she would bear him children to carry on the family line. However, Elizabeth and Alexander had a cold relationship after marriage. After giving birth to two daughters, Elizabeth stopped having children due to health reasons, and their marital relationship became. Alexander hoped that Li, the son of his lover Ruby, whom he had loved all his life, would marry his daughter to inherit the family business. However, Li, who returned to his homeland after completing his studies, fell in love with Elizabeth, who was six years older than him. Trapped in layers of conflicts, Alexander felt powerless. In the end, accompanied by a bold explosion, he paved a path to happiness for the people he deeply loved with his own flesh and blood.