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The Man Who Loved Children
The Man Who Loved Children
Author: Christina Stead
Sam and Henny Pollit have too many children, too little money, and too much loathing for each other. As Sam uses the children's adoration to feed his own voracious ego, Henny watches in bleak despair, knowing the bitter reality that lies just below his mad visions. A chilling novel of family life, of the relations between parents and childre...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780140181821
ISBN-10: 0140181822
Publication Date: 1970
Pages: 528
Edition: New Ed
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Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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This is quite the argument for our more liberal divorce laws. What a family! Well written, a really awful character. After I read it, I learned that it is very autobiographical, but the author lived in Australia. Her character was Louie. Yikes!


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