Книги, похожие на «Helen Phifer, The Good Sisters»

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.

Driving home for Christmas, Leah's car landed in a snow-filled ditch, and she was rescued by Sean Gallagher, who took her to his home to recover.Leah couldn't believe it! Sean was convinced that Leah had got engaged to his brother, then run away. It was as if he hated her…and desired her. As the burning need between them grew more intense, Leah fought to resist: Sean seemed determined to prove she was a wanton…by seducing her into his bed…