The fifth child, doris lessing the fifth child is a short novel by the british writer doris lessing, first published in the united kingdom in 1988, and since translated into several languages. The fifth child summary from litcharts the creators of. The fifth child by doris lessing ebook harpercollins. The fifth child by doris lessing, 9780586089033, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. The making of the representative for planet 8 was made into an opera with philip glass, libretto by the author. The preternatural bliss of the family at the beginning degenerating into the hellish horror of their world after the arrival of the fifth child is what makes the story so compelling. It describes the changes in the happy life of a married couple, harriet and david lovatt, as a consequence of the birth of ben, their fifth child. The fifth child is a book to send shivers down your spine, but one which it is impossible to put down until it is finished.
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