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 The Fifth Child - Doris May Lessing
 The Fifth Child - Doris May Lessing ... FlamingoNewest Review: ... with anything that I've read before - and not necessarily in a good way. The characters, as I have grown to expect from ... more ... Doris Lessing, are well documented, particularly Harriet Lovatt. We learn about her hopes and aspirations and how these are suddenly destroyed with the birth of her fifth child. Forced to make decisions that will devastate the rest of the family, Harriet goes from feeling like a much loved member of the family to someone that everyone turns their back on. The book is very short, yet Lessing manages to convey all this with just a few strokes of the pen - and it really is amazing how much Harriet affected me. She is not ...more |
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The Fifth Child - Doris May Lessing: The fifth and last (935 words)
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Harriet and David Lovatt know that they are made for each other the moment their eyes meet - both want a big house, lots of children and family all around them. And for a time, it seems as if they are going to get exactly that. Their first four children are a delight to raise, and relatives are more than happy to spend time at the Lovatts' house. Then Harriet becomes pregnant for the fifth time - an unexpected pregnancy that is far more difficult than any of her former ones. When the baby is born, it is clear that he is very different from the others - large and clumsy, impossible to please and violent towards others. What exactly has Harriet given birth to? And will ... Read the complete review
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