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The Fifth Child
The Fifth Child
Author: Doris Lessing
Doris Lessing's contemporary gothic horror story -- centered on the birth of a baby who seems less than human -- probes society's unwillingness to recognize its own brutality. Harriet and David Lovatt, parents of four children, have created an idyll of domestic bliss in defiance of the social trends of late 1960s England.  — While ar...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780582060210
ISBN-10: 0582060214
Publication Date: 12/1991
Pages: 168
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  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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3.5 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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This was a strange book. I have read several of Doris Lessing's books. Some I liked and some not so much. I don't know how to describe this book. I felt that the story could have been fleshed out more. The story about this couple who met, fell in love and married. They wanted lots of children and had four before they had the fifth child. I will not say more as I don't want to give away any more of the story. I gave it three stars as I did finish the book, but am still undecided about how I liked it.


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