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y separately published work icon Tim : A Novel single work   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 1974... 1974 Tim : A Novel
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'Mary Horton is content with her comfortable, solitary existence . . . until she meets Tim. A beautiful young man with the mind of a child – a gentle outcast in a cruel, unbending world – he illuminates the darkness of Mary's days with his boyish innocence. And he will shatter the lonely, middle-aged spinster's respectable, ordered life with a forbidden promise of a very special love.' (Publication summary)

Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Tim Colleen McCullough's Tim Michael Pate , ( dir. Michael Pate ) 1979 Melbourne : Pisces Productions , 1979 Z1284497 1979 single work film/TV

The love story of a successful, middle-aged business woman and a young man with an intellectual disability.
y separately published work icon Tim Tim McGarry , 2023 Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2023 25475701 2023 single work drama

'An unorthodox relationship develops between Mary, a career-driven business executive in her mid-50s, and Tim, a handsome 25-year-old labourer with a mild intellectual disability. Tim has grown up in a small but loving, working-class family who have tried to shelter him from the cruelness of the world. What begins as a chance meeting between them, soon develops into a life-changing relationship with shattering consequences.

'Tim is a new Australian play filled with love, loss and acceptance, which explores the importance of embracing differences, opening oneself to the fullness of life and the opportunities it has to offer.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Notes

  • Dedication: For Gilbert H. Glaser, M. D. Chairman, Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, with gratitude and affection.

Affiliation Notes

  • Writing Disability in Australia:

    Type of disability Developmental disability.
    Type of character Primary.
    Point of view Third person.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      Americas,      :       Harper and Row ,       1974 .
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      Extent: 248p.
      Edition info: [1st ed.]
      ISBN: 0060128917
    • London,
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      England,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson ,       1975 .
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      Extent: 248p.
      ISBN: 020795643X
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      Americas,      :       Popular Library ,       1976 .
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      Extent: 255p.
      ISBN: 0445031689
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Popular Library ,       1977 .
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      Extent: 255p.
      ISBN: 0445085452
    • London,
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      England,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Sydney, New South Wales,: Pan ,       1978 .
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      Extent: 208p.
      Reprinted: 1990
      ISBN: 033025409X (pbk)
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Pan , 1979 .
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      Extent: 207, [i]p.p.
      ISBN: 0330270001
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson ,       1982 .
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      Extent: 248p.
      Reprinted: 1986
      ISBN: 0207148422
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Warner Books ,       1982 .
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      Extent: 255p.
      ISBN: 0446310476
    • London,
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      England,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Pavanne ,       1983 .
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      Extent: 207p.
      ISBN: 0330281453
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Pavanne ,       1986 .
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      Extent: 207p.
      ISBN: 0330293923
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Avon Books ,       1990 .
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      Extent: 282p.
      ISBN: 0380711966 (pbk.)
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Three Complete Novels Colleen McCullough , New York (City) : Wings Books , 1998 Z1298790 1998 selected work novel New York (City) : Wings Books , 1998
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Head of Zeus ,       2013 .
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      Extent: 288p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 28th March 2013
      ISBN: 9781781852507 (ebk)
    • Sydney South, South Sydney area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: HarperCollins Australia , 2015 .
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      Extent: 320p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 23 November 2015.
      ISBN: 9781781852507, 9781460751497
Language: Swedish
    • Stockholm,
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      Sweden,
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      Scandinavia, Western Europe, Europe,      :       Askild and Karnekill ,       1974 .
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      Note/s:
      • Also published :- Stockholm : Askild and Karnekull, 1980,1983; Hoganas : Bra Bocker, 1980; Stockholm : Legenda, 1984.
      ISBN: 9158204598
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Works about this Work

Colleen Takes Juicy Jaunt Through Decadent Roman History Owen Brown , 1990 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 6 October 1990; (p. 17)
Here's to You Mrs Robinson Paul LePetit , 1989 single work biography
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 18-19 November 1989; (p. 30-38)
Tim i "Greek-God-handsome was young Tim", G. S. Robinson , 1983 single work poetry satire
— Appears in: Oz Shrink Lit. 1983; (p. 87)
Here's to You Mrs Robinson Paul LePetit , 1989 single work biography
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 18-19 November 1989; (p. 30-38)
Colleen Takes Juicy Jaunt Through Decadent Roman History Owen Brown , 1990 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 6 October 1990; (p. 17)
Tim i "Greek-God-handsome was young Tim", G. S. Robinson , 1983 single work poetry satire
— Appears in: Oz Shrink Lit. 1983; (p. 87)
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