num_pages: 151
description: Amid the turbulent atmosphere of the late 1960s, Harriet and David Lovatt manage to keep their family safely detached from outside turmoil--until the birth of their fifth child, who is abnormally strong, demanding, even violent
language: English
title: The Fifth Child
titlecomplete: The Fifth Child
characters: Harriet Lovatt, Ben Lovatt, David Lovatt
genres: Fiction, 20th Century, Classics, Contemporary, Gothic, British Literature, Nobel Prize, Horror, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 19892
places: United Kingdom, London, England
series: Ben Lovatt
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Premio Grinzane Cavour
category: Narrativa Straniera
publisher: Knopf