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The Fifth Child (Paladin Books)
 
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The Fifth Child (Paladin Books) (Paperback)
by Doris May Lessing (Author)
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Product details

  • Paperback: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Flamingo; New Ed edition (2 April 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0007718756
  • ISBN-13: 978-0586089033
  • ASIN: 0586089039
  • Product Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.9 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 28,098 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Synopsis
'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 glorious 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