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<i>The Child's Child</i>

The Child's Child

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The Child's Child is the 14th novel written by Ruth Rendell under the pseudonym Barbara Vine, and the first such novel in 4 years,[1] since 2008's The Birthday Present. The novel was published in the United States in December 2012 and in the UK by Penguin Viking in March 2013.[2] In a number of interviews Rendell has intimated that this will be the last novel she writes under the Vine pseudonym.

First edition (publ. Scribner, US)

The narrator of the novel is a Grace Easton, a university lecturer writing a PhD thesis about unmarried mothers in Victorian literature. Grace shares a house inherited from their grandmother with her gay brother Andrew.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Flood, Alison (1 March 2013). "Ruth Rendell: a life in writing" – via www.theguardian.com.
  2. [2]
    "Book review: The Child's Child by Barbara Vine". www.scotsman.com.
  3. [3]
    Marilyn Stasio (21 December 2012). "Element of Surprise". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 October 2020.


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