false <![CDATA[The Fifth Child]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175699207m/546644.jpg 546644 34 The married couple in this novel pull off a remarkable achievement: They purchase a three-story house with oodles of bedrooms, and, on a middle-class income, in the '70s, fill it to the brim with happy children and visiting relatives. Their holiday gatherings are sumptuous celebrations of life and togetherness. And then the fifth child arrives. 3366225 book 1985 The Fifth Child total:1066|5:207|4:383|3:334|2:96|1:46| 1066 3807 1423 169 0 2 false false Sun Oct 14 14:49:39 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 14 14:49:39 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 2 false false Sun Jun 24 17:44:38 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 24 17:45:59 -0700 2007 3 1 false false Sun Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 11:46:47 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 11:55:47 -0700 2008 Thi...more...]]> 2 2 false false Tue Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 02 14:24:20 -0700 2008 Fri May 02 14:30:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Oct 01 08:01:12 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 01 08:05:29 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 1 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 18 21:51:48 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 17:04:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 20:09:35 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 20:19:38 -0800 2009 Not going to mention plot, that is everywhere, but the writing style was great. Lessing wrote non-stop, with no chapters or white space so I read it that way ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 16:46:51 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 16:54:01 -0700 2009
Harriet and David did ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Nov 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 14:41:01 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 15:39:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jul 23 08:26:58 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 08:27:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Apr 25 19:08:22 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 19:38:43 -0700 2009 The Fifth Child is the story of David and Harriet Lovatt -- a young couple who meet, realize they have common values and goals, marry and decide to start a family -- a family with lots of children. They purchase a giant house they can barely afford and begin having children -- one righ...more...]]> 3 2 false false Thu Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 03:50:19 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 11:54:52 -0700 2009 Frankenstein, which really gets on my nerves. Why on earth do we have to do that? Publicity? I do that sometimes myself (i.e. comparing books), but on a personal note. I’m not a publisher / critic and my opinions don’t go on book blurbs or magazines. I w...more...]]> 2 7 false true Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 06:44:14 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 12:02:09 -0700 2009
Okay.

The concise version:
Waste of time, Don’t bother.

The longer and hopefully not too convoluted version:

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The irresponsibility of David and Harriet, and the criticism they endure because of it, immediately shifts and becomes di...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 05 16:11:51 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 16:19:44 -0800 2009 1 She has an unbelievably wonderful way of giving life to her setups and surroundings in the book ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Aug 30 00:43:30 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 01:35:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 18 10:52:49 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 10:52:49 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Mar 15 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Mon Feb 11 06:04:36 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 06:04:36 -0800 2008
Harriet and David Lovett (ah, the symbolism) are doomed from the start. Young and married in the early sixties, living mostly off David's father and rich young stepmother, they have been beguiled by that most insidious and destructive Christian a...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=546644