The Case of Lucy Bending
by Lawrence Sanders
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A psychiatrist searches for the reason behind the aberrant behavior of a beautiful eight-year-old girl, Lucy, who acts like a practiced seductress. 0-399-12724-0.Tags
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Lucy is eight years old. She is an incredibly sweet and beautiful little girl with a precocious streak. Her worried parents send her to a psychiatrist when she begins to show signs of odd behavior. The psychiatrist searches for the reasons behind young Lucy's seductive and murderous intentions which seem incredibly practiced for an eight year old.
I really enjoyed this book. It delved into the effect that a parent's behavior has on a child's development. I give this book an A+!
I really enjoyed this book. It delved into the effect that a parent's behavior has on a child's development. I give this book an A+!
Counseling a disturbed eight-year-old who displays all the symptoms of child abuse, psychiatrist Theodore Levin suspects that the child's parents are the source of her problems, until he realizes that young Lucy is not as innocent as she seems.
Florida Gold Coast, - 8 yrs old girl, psychiatrist Dr. Theodore Levin - prosperous, lecherous, kids old before their time.
In the sun-and-rum-drenched inner circles of Florida's Gold Coast, evil disguises itself as a precocious eight-year-old with unnatural desires---and murderous intentions...
In the sun-and-rum-drenched inner circles of Florida's Gold Coast, evil disguises itself as a precocious eight-year-old with unnatural desires---and murderous intentions...
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Despite the title, it's soon apparent that Lucy's therapy is only one thread in Mr. Sanders' crazy-quilt novel. The subplots here could supply enough themes for a small library....
All of this would be fine if these various plot lines were pulled together at the conclusion. But, even for a writer of Lawrence Sanders' talent, this rambling tale was apparently too cumbersome to handle.
All of this would be fine if these various plot lines were pulled together at the conclusion. But, even for a writer of Lawrence Sanders' talent, this rambling tale was apparently too cumbersome to handle.
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Lawrence Sanders was born in Brooklyn, New York on March 15, 1920. He graduated from Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, in 1942 and served in the Marine Corps from 1943 to 1946. After years of working as an editor for a number of magazines, including Mechanics Illustrated and Science and Mechanics, Lawrence Sanders wrote and published his show more first novel, The Anderson Tapes (1970), at the age of 50 which won the Edgar Award for Best First Mystery Novel from The Mystery Writers of America. It was made into a film in 1971, as was The First Deadly Sin (1973). Sanders died February 7, 1998 (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- The Case of Lucy Bending
- Original publication date
- 1982
- People/Characters
- Lucy Bending; Theodore Levin
- Important places
- Florida, USA
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- 106,100
- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
- (3.13)
- Languages
- Dutch, English, German, Italian
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- ISBNs
- 17
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