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On the cusp of fifteen, pretty Theresa is the town's most sought-after babysitter - cheerful, beloved, adored by children and animals, but also a solitary soul with an already complex understanding of human nature. She is Titania among her fairies, the one person to call on for help with a child in extreme distress. Theresa does not doubt her power over the fathers of her adoring charges either, whose potential lechery Theresa toys with like a kitten with yarn. Yet during this unforgettable summer, it is her cousin Daisy, a frail little creature with glittery shoes and worrying bruises that don't heal, in whom Theresa invests her greatest love. Infused with suppressed passion, disappointment, and enduring hope, Alice McDermott's wonderful new novel reveals a world seen afresh through the eyes of an utterly seductive girl.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Full title: Child of My Heart
• Author: Alice McDermott
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• EAN: 9780747568223
• ISBN: 0747568227
• ID: 04135486
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Weight: 282 g
• Dimensions: 198 × 129 × 19 mm
• Date of publishing: 03. May 2004

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