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The Children's Book

The Children's Book

A. S. Byatt · 1998 · 624 pages

FictionFamily secretsFamily secrets in fictionWorld War, 1914-1918Runaway childrenWomen authors

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The children of writer Olive Wellwood have grown up with their family and friends in an idyllic world: their rambling house near Romney Marsh at the end of the Victorian era. But a new age and the darkness of the Great War are looming; attitudes and societal roles will change and each of Olive's children will face unimagined challenges.

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