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Alan and Kate Marlowe are a typical, loving, middle-class couple, with four young children. But they wish they had just one more, a beautiful baby daughter. So when a strange young woman abandons her infant at their house, they view it as a blessing-a godsend-and adopt little Bonnie as their own.
But it is not long after Bonnie's arrival before terrible things begin to happen to the Marlowe family, beginning with the death of their son Matthew. As the tragedies mount, Alan starts to suspect Bonnie and fears he may be losing his grip on his sanity. After all, surely such a small, lovely, innocent child could not possibly be responsible for such horrors ... ?
The classic first novel by Bernard Taylor, The Godsend (1976) earned widespread critical acclaim on its initial publication and was the basis for a 1980 film. This edition, the first in over twenty years, features a new introduction by Mary Danby. Taylor's Sweetheart, Sweetheart and The Moorstone Sickness are also available from Valancourt.
"If you liked The Exorcist, The Other, and Rosemary's Baby, The Godsend is for you!" - Hartford Courant
"The Godsend is a splendidly readable and creepy story." - Sunday Express
"A shocker . . . I enjoyed every horrid word of it." - Daily Telegraph
But it is not long after Bonnie's arrival before terrible things begin to happen to the Marlowe family, beginning with the death of their son Matthew. As the tragedies mount, Alan starts to suspect Bonnie and fears he may be losing his grip on his sanity. After all, surely such a small, lovely, innocent child could not possibly be responsible for such horrors ... ?
The classic first novel by Bernard Taylor, The Godsend (1976) earned widespread critical acclaim on its initial publication and was the basis for a 1980 film. This edition, the first in over twenty years, features a new introduction by Mary Danby. Taylor's Sweetheart, Sweetheart and The Moorstone Sickness are also available from Valancourt.
"If you liked The Exorcist, The Other, and Rosemary's Baby, The Godsend is for you!" - Hartford Courant
"The Godsend is a splendidly readable and creepy story." - Sunday Express
"A shocker . . . I enjoyed every horrid word of it." - Daily Telegraph
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- PublisherSouvenir Press Ltd
- Publication date1976
- ISBN 10 0285622218
- ISBN 13 9780285622210
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages208
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Bumping and discolouration to the backstrip edges and rubbing to the book corners. A very slight cock of the spine. Some marks to the rear book panel. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with light blue coloured background with white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black-and-white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. Rubbing to the dustwrapper edges and dustwrapper panels and there is yellowing of the rear dustwrapper panel. After a period of time where happiness is thought to have been shattered forever, Alan and his family are comforted by the arrival of a beautiful blue-eyed girl by the name of Bonnie. She is a godsend. Or is she? Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VI, 7-208 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; ISBN: 0285622218. ISBN/EAN: 9780285622210. Inventory No: 0109674. Seller Inventory # 0109674
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