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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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'...a book which manages to be both elegy and celebration. Utterly beguiling’ -- Time Out
'Child of My Heart dazzles in the details’ -- USA Today
‘Beautifully written fiction ... an Irish-American Anne Tyler’ -- Washington Post
‘Enough to turn your heart into a red velvet pin cushion’ -- Elle
‘McDermott is a genius ... A poignant and rewarding fictional world. It extends her artistic triumphs, and we should rejoice’ -- Los Angeles Times
‘McDermott sees everything and misses nothing ...' -- Houston Chronicle
‘McDermott’s elegant, understated prose slips down like a cool, refreshing drink ... Weaves a subtle spell on the reader’ -- Sunday Telegraph
‘Richly textured, intricately woven ... a work not only of, but about, the imagination’ -- Margaret Atwood, New York Review of Books
‘Uplifting, enchanting ... reading it reminded me of a part of my childhood I hadn’t realised I had forgotten’ -- Observer
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'Child of My Heart dazzles in the details’ -- USA Today
‘Beautifully written fiction ... an Irish-American Anne Tyler’ -- Washington Post
‘Enough to turn your heart into a red velvet pin cushion’ -- Elle
‘McDermott is a genius ... A poignant and rewarding fictional world. It extends her artistic triumphs, and we should rejoice’ -- Los Angeles Times
‘McDermott sees everything and misses nothing ...' -- Houston Chronicle
‘McDermott’s elegant, understated prose slips down like a cool, refreshing drink ... Weaves a subtle spell on the reader’ -- Sunday Telegraph
‘Richly textured, intricately woven ... a work not only of, but about, the imagination’ -- Margaret Atwood, New York Review of Books
‘Uplifting, enchanting ... reading it reminded me of a part of my childhood I hadn’t realised I had forgotten’ -- Observer
Alice McDermott is the author of four novels. She lives with her family outside Washington, D.C.
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- PublisherBloomsbury Paperbacks
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0747568227
- ISBN 13 9780747568223
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