Beschreibung:
Can a child be bought?Helen's adolescent kids wish to move out as soon as possible. There's Jim, the natural athlete, and Romy, lead singer of The Wise Girls. For fulfilment Helen wants a new child but her husband is unwilling, which leads her to find the perfect sperm donor in a special spa.From day one, baby Doneus seems to have extraordinary maturity and stands out as different from those around him.Praise for the AuthorPublishers Weekly: 'Readers will be relishing the subtle beauty of the author's prose.'Royal Court Theatre:'Flair and control, tension and energy, as well as poeticism.'Kirkus Review: 'Perceptive and engrossing.'BBC: 'Consistently original and intriguing. Strongly atmospheric, a talent for dialogue, evocative imagery...'