The Late Child & Other Animals

by James Romberger and Marguerite Van Cook

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Hetty survives the bombing of Portsmouth by the Nazis in World War II, only to learn that her soldier husband has been killed on the way back home from North Africa. She must then complete the adoption of her young daughter June alone. A decade later, she gives birth to a bastard daughter, Marguerite. Now Hetty must go before a tribunal to prove that she will be a fit mother. What follows is the story of little Marguerite's childhood in the recovering British naval port and the rural beauty of the Isle of Wight and in Normandy, France. The journeys and struggles over decades of this mother and daughter are linked in five episodes that veer between lyricism, wry wit, and harrowing suspense.
  • ISBN10 1606997890
  • ISBN13 9781606997895
  • Publish Date 22 January 2015
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Fantagraphics
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 178
  • Language English