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Absolutely Revolting
September 1986, no. 84

The Risks of Slenderness

Choosing between the lines

Love Child by John Bedford

by Kate Ahearne •
September 1986, no. 84

Love Child by John Bedford

Penguin $6.95 pb, 107 pp

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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.

 


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Love Child by John Bedford

Penguin $6.95 pb, 107 pp

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