Das fünfte Kind

Hardcover, 218 pages

German language

Published by Bertelsmann Club GmbH.

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A self-satisfied couple intent on raising a happy family is shocked by the birth of an abnormal and brutal fifth child.

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Review of 'The Fifth Child' on 'Goodreads'

There was something very endearing about the relationship between the mother Harriet and her fifth child Ben. At times the trajectory seemed very grim but I wouldn't call it a dark book, somehow it simultaneously celebrates the best and worst in people.