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A review by jeanm333
The Child's Child by Barbara Vine
3.0
Barbara Vine is really Ruth Rendell, British mystery writer. Rendell writes as Barbara Vine for the non-mystery books. I was caught up quickly in the story of Grace and Andrew Easton, brother and sister. She's writing a PHD dissertation on a history of the treatment of unwed mothers in Britain and he brings his male lover to their (Andrew and Grace's) house. The lover, James, is very sensitive to the treatment of gays in Britain.
A child's child is their story, but it's also another book-in-a-book, the story of John and Maud, another brother and sister, who have many parallels to Andrew and Grace.
Good book, with much to think about in society's treatment of both unwed mothers and homosexuals, and interesting characters, but the ending was abrupt and not well done. It seemed Rendell/Vine was trying to make a social statement, and just ran out of interesting things to say about her characters.
A child's child is their story, but it's also another book-in-a-book, the story of John and Maud, another brother and sister, who have many parallels to Andrew and Grace.
Good book, with much to think about in society's treatment of both unwed mothers and homosexuals, and interesting characters, but the ending was abrupt and not well done. It seemed Rendell/Vine was trying to make a social statement, and just ran out of interesting things to say about her characters.