000			01575cam a2200265M 4500
001			ocn961009188
003			OCoLC
005			20171102142802.0
008			161026s2017 xx 000 0 eng d
020			_a1409171817
020			_a9781409171812
029	1		_aAU@ _b000061026277
035			_a(OCoLC)961009188
040			_aYDX _beng _cYDX _dOCLCQ _dAUCPL
100			_aGornell, Barry, _934491 _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aThe wrong child / _cBarry Gornell
260			_aLondon _bOrion, _c2017.
300			_a266 p. _c21 cm.
520			_aTwenty-two of the twenty-three children in a rural village die in a disaster. By chance, the 'wrong' child, Dog Evans, lives. Crippled with survivor's guilt, his parents abandon Evans to a feral life at the margins. He is shunned by those left behind, for whom his presence is a daily insult, a reminder of unbearable loss. As the action moves from past to present and back, we learn what took place and its shocking consequences for both Dog Evans and the wider community. Deborah Cutter, separated from her husband, John, numbs her pain with alcohol and sex. Local postman Nugget holds tight to the hope that the Evans house contains valuable secrets. Parish priest Father Wittin is an embarrassing irrelevance. As grief turns to rage, the villagers' insatiable desire for catharsis, one final blood sacrifice, becomes unstoppable.
650		0	_96996 _aAbandoned children _vFiction.
650		0	_93032 _aGrief _vFiction.
650		0	_91890 _aVillages _vFiction.
942			_2ddc _cFIC
948			_hNO HOLDINGS IN NZWMT - 9 OTHER HOLDINGS
999			_c40009 _d40009