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The Child's Child
The Child's Child | Barbara Vine
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The Child's Child is the new crime novel by bestselling, prize-winning author Barbara Vine, pen-name for the late bestselling author Ruth Rendell What sort of betrayal would drive a brother and sister apart? When Grace and her brother Andrew inherit their grandmother's house, they surprise few people by deciding to move in together. But they've always got on well and the London house is large enough to split down the middle. There's just one thing they've not taken into account though. What if one of them wants to bring a lover to the house? When Andrew's partner James moves in, and immediately picks a fight about the treatment of gay men, the balance is altered - with almost fatal consequences. Barbara Vine's is the pen-name of Ruth Rendell, and The Child's Child is the first book she has published under that name since The Birthday Present in 2008. It's an intriguing examination of betrayal in families, and of those two once-unmentionable subjects, illegitimacy and homosexuality. A taut, thrilling read, it will be enjoyed by readers of P.D. James and Ian Rankin. 'The Rendell/Vine partnership has for years been producing consistently better work than most Booker winners put together' Ian Rankin 'She deploys her peerless skills in blending the mundane, commonplace aspects of life with the murky impulses of desire and greed. Ruth rendall has published fourteen novels under the Vine name, two of which, Fatal Inversion and King Solomon's Carpet, won the prestigious Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award. Also available in Penguin by Barbara Vine: The Minotaur, The Blood Doctor, Grasshopper, The Chimney Sweeper's Boy, The Brimstone Wedding, No Night is Too Long, Asta's Book, King Solomon's Carpet, Gallowglass, The House of Stairs, A Dark-Adapted Eye.
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rwmg
The Child's Child | Barbara Vine
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Compare and contrast the life of unmarried mothers and gay men in the 1920s and 2000s. Good but not a classic Vine.

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rwmg
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Yes, it is 😀

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rwmg
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Lunchtime reading

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Readingnomad1
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Our weekly library visit 📚

#library #librarybooks #raisingreaders

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charloteemilyjane
The Child's Child | Barbara Vine
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A very enjoyable book. The fact that there was a book within a book was very effective, and the characterisation was rather good. I had always known that unmarried pregnant women and gay men had suffered throughout history, but in this century it is easy to take this change for granted, and not realise the extent of their suffering. I really recommend this book.

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charloteemilyjane
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The company of a good book and hot chocolate is better than the company of most people :)

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charloteemilyjane
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This book seems very unusual. I've already got stuck into it within the first few pages...

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batsy
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And the mysteries I've been wanting to read... Haven't read any Barbara Vine / Ruth Rendell before, and I've been hearing a lot about Ann Cleeves and Minette Walters #bookhaul