2898 Tim a novel by Colleen McCullough (read 18 Aug 1996) This tells of Tim Melville, a 25-year-old handsome retarded man in Australia, and Mary, a 43 (or so) year-old spinster. It is a touching and moving story, but really seems like a "woman's book". It is what I would expect to find in a woman's magazine. The story was somewhat sugar-coated and un-true-to-life--hard to believe a woman would fall in love with a man as dim as Tim. But while I was reading I enjoyed it. ( )

Tim is what you would call mentally challenged. He is functional enough to hold simple jobs, and handle living with his family.

When a spinster, close to 20 years older than he is, hires him to do a job or two, she finds her thoughts turning more to cradle-snatching than to the jobs to be done. ( )

Dans la banlieue de Sidney (Australie), une femme rencontre le nouveau jardinier, tout jeune,très beau et "simple d'esprit".Une aventure va se transformer en amour, avec son lot de tabous brisés et de bouleversements. Comment expliquer que l'on aime vraiment un amant qui a une âme d'enfant qui ne grandira jamais?