Tim

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...