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sibelian

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7. I've often considered "The Fifth Child" to be her greatest.

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #3)

Wed Feb 26, 2014, 06:57 AM

Feb 2014

It's a sort of bizarre domestic horror story about a male child being born to a comfortable middle class family, not fitting in and slowly destroying them and being destroyed.

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MRA or feminist: Who said it? [View all] Major Nikon Feb 2014 OP

Wild guess: Smarmie Doofus Feb 2014 #1

Doris Lessing, TM99 Feb 2014 #2

I'll look for her books on my next visit to a library. In_The_Wind Feb 2014 #3

You can read her Nobel prize winning novel in digital form Major Nikon Feb 2014 #4

I've often considered "The Fifth Child" to be her greatest. sibelian Feb 2014 #7

Context for the quotes please. YoungDemCA Feb 2014 #5

... Major Nikon Feb 2014 #6

Well, she certainly was a product of her time in society...she was 86 in 2001... CTyankee Aug 2014 #8