Tim : An Unusual New Romance

Angus & Robertson, London, 1975. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. 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. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 248 pages. Dust Jacket has some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Edges slightly foxed. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Fiction; Australia; ISBN: 020795643X. ISBN/EAN: 9780207956430. Inventory No: 50032. . 9780207956430