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When their grandmother dies, adult siblings Grace and Andrew Easton inherit her sprawling London home. Rather than sell it, they move in together, splitting the numerous bedrooms and studies. The arrangement is unusual, but ideal for the affectionate pairâÈ'until the day Andrew brings home a new boyfriend, a devilishly handsome novelist named James. When he and Andrew witness their friendâÈçs murder outside a London nightclub, James begins to unravel, and what happens next changes the lives of everyone in the house.
As turmoil sets in, Grace escapes into reading a manuscriptâÈ'a long-lost novel from 1951 called The ChildâÈçs ChildâÈ'never published because of its taboo subject matter. The book is the story of two siblings born a few years after World War One. This brother and sister, John and Maud, mirror the present-day Andrew and Grace: a homosexual brother and a sister carrying an illegitimate child.
The ChildâÈçs Child is a brilliantly constructed novel-within-a-novel about family, betrayal, and disgrace.
As turmoil sets in, Grace escapes into reading a manuscriptâÈ'a long-lost novel from 1951 called The ChildâÈçs ChildâÈ'never published because of its taboo subject matter. The book is the story of two siblings born a few years after World War One. This brother and sister, John and Maud, mirror the present-day Andrew and Grace: a homosexual brother and a sister carrying an illegitimate child.
The ChildâÈçs Child is a brilliantly constructed novel-within-a-novel about family, betrayal, and disgrace.
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- Title The Child's Child
- Author Barbara Vine
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Later Printing
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Scribner Book Company
- Date 2013-10-08
- ISBN 9781476704272 / 1476704279
- Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.9 in (21.08 x 13.72 x 2.29 cm)
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- Cultural Region: British
- Topical: Family
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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"Not even fans who expect more felonies will be able to put this one down."
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- New York Times Book Review, 12/01/2013, Page 32
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