The Fifth Child

The Fifth Child
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Total Pages : 159
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ISBN-10 : 0007154399
ISBN-13 : 9780007154395
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Book Synopsis The Fifth Child by : Doris Lessing

Download or read book The Fifth Child written by Doris Lessing and published by . This book was released on 2003-03-20 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic horror of a family torn apart by the arrival of Ben, their feral fifth child. 'Listening to the laughter, the sounds of children playing, Harriet and David would reach for each other's hand, and smile, and breathe happiness.' Four children, a beautiful old house, the love of relatives and friends, Harriet and David Lovatt's life is a hymn to domestic bliss and old-fashioned family values. But when their fifth child is born, a sickly and implacable shadow is cast over this tender idyll. Large and ugly, violent and uncontrollable, the infant Ben, 'full of cold dislike, ' tears at Harriet's breast. Struggling to care for her new-born child, faced with a darkness and a strange defiance she has never known before, Harriet is deeply afraid of what, exactly, she has brought into the world..


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