{"product_id":"2026100009410-secondhand-tim-signed","title":"Tim (SIGNED)","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st uk ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear with damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Signed\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Author's first novel. DJ: unclipped; edgeworn. Pages: yellowed with light stains on the book block. Binding remains tight. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when an educated, middle-aged woman falls irrevocably in love with a man of extraordinary beauty but limited intellect? Tim chronicles the tender and provocative relationship between Mary Horton, a reserved and successful businesswoman, and Tim Melville, a strikingly handsome young laborer whose gentle simplicity masks a profound emotional depth. Set against the sun-drenched suburbs of Sydney, Australia, Colleen McCullough constructs a narrative that is at once deeply moving and quietly subversive, challenging every social convention that stands between two unlikely souls drawn together by genuine human connection.\n\nMcCullough writes with the same commanding warmth and psychological acuity that would later define her monumental saga The Thorn Birds, presenting here a more intimate canvas on which she paints the themes of loneliness, societal judgment, and the transformative power of unconditional love. Her prose is understated yet devastating in its honesty, stripping away pretension to reveal the raw, universal hunger for companionship. Published before her international breakthrough, Tim stands as a testament to McCullough's enduring belief that love, in its purest form, answers to no one — leaving the reader to question every assumption they hold about the boundaries of the human heart.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203104415963,"sku":"2026100009410-SECONDHAND","price":200.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/2f3705c5-1a9c-4e8a-a9bd-b09de060e7d9.png?v=1788143789","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009410-secondhand-tim-signed","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}