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Description for Black Baby
Paperback. *A witty, perceptive novel on the unusual theme of adoption. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 276. Clean copy
'The book I have read with the greatest pleasure, amusement and deep sympathy' Molly Keane, Sunday Times
As a child Alice had paid the nuns half a crown to adopt a baby from the mission in Africa - a baby that never appeared. Now a loveless spinster of sixty-seven, still yearning for a daughter, Alice's life is one of dull predictability, unbroken by the ritual visit from her middle-aged relatives.
Then one evening Dinah storms into her home. Bawdy, busty and black, enigmatic friend to the wayward and eccentric, Dinah is about to take on ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349110837
SKU
KEX0203303
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Clare Boylan
Clare Boylan was the author of five novels and three volumes of short stories. Her last novel, ROOM FOR A SINGLE LADY, was published by Little, Brown in September 1997. She died in May 2006.
Reviews for Black Baby
Splendidly original and richly comic... the writing is a joy
Irish Times
The book I have read with the greatest pleasure, amusement and deep sympathy
Molly Keane, Sunday Times
Humorous and inventive... it spills over with affections for strangeness and wayward warmth
The Times
Sexual generosity triumphs over terrified frigidity, warmth dries out cold, ... Read more
Irish Times
The book I have read with the greatest pleasure, amusement and deep sympathy
Molly Keane, Sunday Times
Humorous and inventive... it spills over with affections for strangeness and wayward warmth
The Times
Sexual generosity triumphs over terrified frigidity, warmth dries out cold, ... Read more