The Child's Child

The Child's Child is the 14th novel written by Ruth Rendell under the pseudonym Barbara Vine, and the first such novel in 4 years,[1] since 2008's The Birthday Present. The novel was published in the United States in December 2012 and in the UK by Penguin Viking in March 2013.[2] entitled The Child's Child[3] set in Devon. In a number of interviews Rendell has intimated that this will be the last novel she writes under the Vine pseudonym.

First edition (publ. Scribner, US)

The narrator of the novel is a Grace Easton, a lesbian women writing a PhD thesis about unmarried mothers. Grace shares a house inherited from their grandmother with her gay brother Andrew.[4]

References
  1. Flood, Alison (1 March 2013). "Ruth Rendell: a life in writing" – via www.theguardian.com.
  2. "Book review: The Child's Child by Barbara Vine". www.scotsman.com.
  3. "The Child's Child by Barbara Vine". Penguin Random House Canada.
  4. Marilyn Stasio (December 21, 2012). "Element of Surprise". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 October 2020.


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