Tim was a beautiful young man with the mind of a child. Mary Horton was a lonely and bitter middle-aged spinster. They were outcasts in a cruel, unbending world – until their lives were joined and forever altered by the forbidden promise of a very special love.©1974 Colleen McCullough (P)2010 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
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