TIM (Colleen McCullough) - February 3/09

Overlooking the fairly icky romance that pops up in the last 50 pages or so, Tim is otherwise a slight yet awfully entertaining read revolving around the friendship that forms between a stodgy old spinster and a mentally retarded 25-year-old. McCullough does a nice job of not only establishing the two central characters but also a variety of periphery characters (ie Dawnie, Esme, Ron, etc). *** out of ****