Tim (novel)
First edition (publ. Harper & Row)
Tim is a novel by Australian writer Colleen McCullough published in 1974, published by Harper and Row.[1]
It portrays the story of the developing relationship between an older, middle-class American woman, Mary Horton, who lives on her own and a handsome, developmentally impaired 24 year old gardener, Tim Melville, whom she hires. It inspired the 1979 film of the same name, starring Piper Laurie and Mel Gibson.