The Ladies of Missalonghi is a delightful little short read with a surprise ending which made it so wonderfully unpredictable.

The Ladies of Missalonghi is a delightful little short read with a surprise ending which made it so wonderfully unpredictable. However, there was a few sensual parts that seemed out of place to me. A bit over the top.

I'd thougt I wouldn't like it given the story line but I did. Handled with tact and insight. To me its all about acceptance of differences. An "old maid" becomes involved with a retarded and very hansome young man.

I loved all the stories. I am amazed at how quickly I fall in love with the characters and become completely engrossed in the stories. I would really like to thank Ms. McCullough for being such a great story teller.

Tim, a novel by Colleen McCullough
Story of an older couple that have a mentally retarded son and the daughter they have a year later is perfectly normal.
They are able to keep the boy at home teaching him what they can. Many others make fun of him and take advantage of him. One day after his day laborer job with his father and others the woman nearby asks if he can mow her lawn and help with flowers and planting.
He comes every Saturday and she even asks the couple to take him to her beach house and they agree. She is able to show him love, as she never had it from the foster home she grew up in.
She is even able to teach him words and some math. Tim's mother passes away and he understands what happened to his mother when she died.
Other events occur and the professors think she should marry.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).

F McC

tMcCullough always writes about forbidden love. It was an interesting book about the lives of men in a mental ward and the nurse who took care of them.