false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170367505m/50177.jpg 50177 7 <div><div>A bestseller when it was first published, <i>The Children</i> is a comic, bittersweet novel about the misadventures of a bachelor and a band of precocious children. The seven Wheater children, stepbrothers and stepsisters grown weary of being shuttled from parent to parent are eager for their parents' latest reconciliation to last. A chance meeting between the children and the solitary 46-year old Martin Boyne leads to a series of unforgettable encounters.</div></div> 1066169 1928 The Children (Virago Modern Classics) total:118|5:24|4:47|3:37|2:9|1:1| 118 438 185 16 3 1 false false Fri Mar 13 12:06:51 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 04 07:26:06 -0800 2009 The Children tells the story of forty-something year old Martin Boyne and his relationship with the Wheater children he met during his travel on a ship. The Wheater children are seven stepbrothers and sisters who refuse to be separated in the midst of their parents’ separation. Boyne’s encounter...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 17:21:46 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 12:56:08 -0700 2009
The story involves a civil engineer, Martin Boyne, who is aboard a ship on his way to visit Mrs. Rose Sellars, who h...more...]]> 4 2 false true Thu Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 21:28:35 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 06:05:41 -0700 2009 "He was caught body and soul--that was it; and real loving was not the delicate distraction, the food for dreams... it was this perpetual obsession, this clinging nearness, this breaking on the rack of every bone, and tearing apart of every fibre. And his apprenticeship to it was just beginning...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Thu Oct 08 17:35:17 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 17:38:52 -0700 2009 2 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 19:30:12 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 19:46:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Jun 27 13:23:21 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 30 10:05:27 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 18:32:52 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 18:36:02 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Mar 07 09:56:17 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 09:56:17 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Mon Mar 30 13:04:43 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 13:05:10 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 20:43:03 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 12:56:14 -0800 2009 4 0 true false Sun Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 12:40:57 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 12:43:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 16:29:06 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 16:31:02 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 02:02:14 -0800 2009 Sun Jul 05 07:52:26 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sat May 05 11:32:27 -0700 2007 Sat May 05 11:36:54 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Thu Jul 02 09:42:44 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 16:25:09 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jan 07 23:05:20 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 07 23:05:50 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sun Nov 15 18:58:25 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 18:58:25 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed Nov 04 15:52:41 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 15:52:41 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sat Oct 10 08:41:14 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 08:41:14 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 08 20:39:16 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 20:39:16 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=50177