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The Fifth Child
The Fifth Child
Author: Doris Lessing
The married couple in this novel pull off a remarkable achievement: They purchase a three-story house with oodles of bedrooms, and, on a middle-class income, in the '70s, fill it to the brim with happy children and visiting relatives. Their holiday gatherings are sumptuous celebrations of life and togetherness. And then the fifth child arrives. ...  more »
ISBN: 104199
Publication Date: 1988
Pages: 151
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3.9 stars, based on 7 ratings
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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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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