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The Risks of Slenderness

Choosing between the lines
by
September 1986, no. 84

Love Child by John Bedford

Penguin $6.95 pb, 107 pp

The Risks of Slenderness

Choosing between the lines
by
September 1986, no. 84

It must have seemed as natural to Penguin as money in the bank to ask Helen Gamer to provide a few enticing words for the cover of Jean Bedford’s new book, Love Child. Here, it would appear, is a book very much in the Garner backyard – short, domestic, ‘certainly not ‘loud’ or attention-seeking, but nicely crafted.

Kate Ahearne reviews 'Love Child' by John Bedford

Love Child

by John Bedford

Penguin $6.95 pb, 107 pp