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From Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, the sequel to one of her most celebrated novels, ‘The Fifth Child’.‘The Fifth Child’, Doris Lessing’s 1988 novel, made a powerful impact on publication. Its account of idyllic marital and parental bliss shattered by the arrival of the feral fifth child of the Lovatts made for unnerving and compulsive reading.That child, Ben, is the central character of this sequel, which picks up the fable at the end of his childhood and takes our primal, misunderstood, maladjusted teenager out into the world. He meets mostly with mockery, fear and incomprehension, but with just enough kindness and openness to keep him afloat as his adventures take him from London to the south of France and on to South America in his restless quest for community, companionship and peace.Lessing employs a plain, unadorned prose fit for fables; again, we have a childlike perspective at the heart of the book; again, the world in all its malevolence and misapprehension swirls around at the edge, while, occasionally, a strong character steps forward to try to set a good example.

The first look, the first touch, the first kiss…is there anything better than the beginning of a new relationship? Not for Caitlyn March – self-confessed relationship junkie. Now she’s sworn off ‘forever’ for good – three broken engagements make it clear that she – and her fickle heart – are not to be trusted… Enter Dax Bainbridge – the most deliciously handsome man she has ever met!He’s a man with enough oomph to make her forget her vows to steer clear of romance, but luckily his rules of engagement are simple: there’s no ring on offer; all he’s interested in is one, unbelievably hot fling…