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A Child Possessed
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ISBN13: 9780571243495
Publisher: Faber Finds
Published: May 29 2008
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.98
Height: 0.79 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Stepan, a Russian aristocrat by birth and lorry driver by trade, has long believed his only child to be dead. When he discovers that his 15-year-old daughter is alive in a Swiss hospital he is determined to take her home. She's afflicted with severe mental and physical disabilities; but for Stepan, she is a gift, and the one remaining link to his beloved wife Helene from whom he has long been separated.
Set against two backdrops - the bustle of crowded Marseilles and the peace of sun-steeped Provence -A Child Possessed is a beautiful love story, steeped in humour and sadness, and laced with a profound understanding of the human soul.
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