The debut novel by Colleen McCullough, created during her time as a researcher and teacher at Yale Medical School at the famous university. The novel that followed The Thorn Birds and the transition of thirty-seven-year-old McCullough from a scientific career...
to literature. The story of middle-aged and lonely Mary Horton, who had long been accustomed to a quiet life for herself, but one day met a young man named Tim. A young man, beautiful like a Greek god, yet not intellectually superior to an innocent child... Days of communication turn into weeks, – and the further it goes, the stronger the bond of strange, but deep mutual understanding grows between the smart, well-educated woman and her special young friend, who is in his own way no less complete than normal people who pitied him with condescending smiles. A young man who taught her to fear nothing and simply enjoy each new day. But the friendship between Mary and Tim grew into love, – and such was something that public morality was no longer ready to accept. Moreover, it was not willing to forgive...
The debut novel by Colleen McCullough, created during her time as a researcher and teacher at Yale Medical School at the famous university. The novel that followed The Thorn Birds and the transition of thirty-seven-year-old McCullough from a scientific career to literature. The story of middle-aged and lonely Mary Horton, who had long been accustomed to a quiet life for herself, but one day met a young man named Tim. A young man, beautiful like a Greek god, yet not intellectually superior to an innocent child... Days of communication turn into weeks, – and the further it goes, the stronger the bond of strange, but deep mutual understanding grows between the smart, well-educated woman and her special young friend, who is in his own way no less complete than normal people who pitied him with condescending smiles. A young man who taught her to fear nothing and simply enjoy each new day. But the friendship between Mary and Tim grew into love, – and such was something that public morality was no longer ready to accept. Moreover, it was not willing to forgive...
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