{"product_id":"9781460751497_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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 8pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #181818; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt\"\u003eForty-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. \u003c?xml:namespace prefix = o \/?\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 8pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #181818; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt\"\u003eTim 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 8pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #181818; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt\"\u003eBy 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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 8pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #181818; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt\"\u003eUplifting, unconventional and hugely controversial on its release, TIM became a major movie starring Mel Gibson.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cspan style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #181818; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #181818; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt\"\u003e 'Accomplished, sensitive and wise ... a love story with a difference' \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A wonderful novel about human nature' \u003cem\u003eBeyond New Words\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 8pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #181818; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt\"\u003e'An extraordinarily beautiful, convention-defying love story. Unforgettable' Sophie Hannah, international bestselling author\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 8pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #181818; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt\"\u003e'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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Colleen McCullough","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46896682107029,"sku":"9781460751497","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9781460751497_9de76460-b123-4c19-9ea6-9074bd0862ba.jpg?v=1776888370","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9781460751497_tim","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}