{"product_id":"9781460751497-secondhand-tim","title":"Tim","description":"Colleen McCullough's long out of print first novel now available for the first time in decades: an uplifting, unconventional love story that was hugely controversial on its release and became a major movie starring Mel Gibson.   Forty-three-year-old Mary Horton lives in a quiet middle-class suburb on Sydney's North Shore. A straight-laced, emotionally distant spinster, Mary has worked hard to set herself up. With no partner and no friends, her idea of 'life' does not include personal relationships.  Tim Melville is a 25-year-old labourer with the body and face of a Greek god, but the mind of a child. A gentle outcast in a cruel, unbending world, Tim has a loving family, but is often derided and taken advantage of.  By chance, one summer morning Tim meets Mary and what begins as a day's labour for the kind-hearted young man becomes a life-changing relationship for both of them. Uplifting, unconventional and hugely controversial on its release, TIM became a major movie starring Mel Gibson.  'Accomplished, sensitive and wise ... a love story with a difference'  Publishers Weekly 'A wonderful novel about human nature'  Beyond New Words 'An extraordinarily beautiful, convention-defying love story. Unforgettable' Sophie Hannah, international bestselling author 'Years before anyone had heard of THE THORN BIRDS, I was excited to be publishing Colleen McCullough's first novel, TIM. She seemed like a young author who might go far' Richard Walsh, Angus \u0026amp; Robertson publisher","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49328451584219,"sku":"9781460751497-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/b16753db-6e13-4a73-b954-2d08f93388cf.jpg?v=1789751357","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781460751497-secondhand-tim","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}