The fifth child (1988)
168 pages 3.3/5 Goodreads
A self-satisfied couple intent on raising a happy family is shocked by the birth of an abnormal and brutal fifth child.
Author: Doris Lessing
ISBN: 9781856956673
Content Warnings
Mental Health & Emotional
Forced institutionalization
Violence & Physical Harm
Animal cruelty / animal death Child abuse / harm to children Domestic violence / intimate partner abuse Gore / graphic violence
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