A Child Possessed

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Stepan, a Russian aristocrat by birth and lorry drive by trade, has long believed his only child to be dead. When he discovers that his 15-year-old daughter is alive in a Swiss hospital he is determined to take her home. She's afflicted with severe mental and physical disabilities; but for Stepan, she is a gift, and the one remaining link to his beloved wife Helene from whom he has long been separated. Set against two backdrops - the brustle of crowded Marseilles and the peace of sun-steeped Provence - A CHILD POSSESSED is a beautiful love story, steeped in humour and sadness, and laced with a profound understanding of the human soul.

Author Bio

Ray Coryton Hutchinson was born in 1907 in FInchley. He published his first novel in 1930 and gave up his job in advertising to write full-time in 1935. His other novels include March the Ninth, Elephant and Castle, Shining Scabbard, The Unforgotten Prisoner, Johanna at Daybreak, A Child Possessed and Testament. He died in 1975.