Childsong
by Barbara Wood
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From master storyteller Barbara Wood comes an engrossing suspense novel about a young girl caught between the possibilities of science and the mysteries of faith. According to the doctors, seventeen-year-old Mary McFarland is pregnant. But Mary knows she is a virgin, despite her strange symptoms. In 1960s America, a woman's worst social disgrace is to become pregnant out of wedlock. A good Catholic high school girl, Mary suddenly finds herself at the center of a scandal, rejected and show more ostracized by family, friends, and even her priest. Although she believes emphatically in her own innocence, no one else believes the truth. When a doctor begins to wonder if Mary's claim to innocence could possibly be justified, he begins to investigate. The scientific theory he develops to explain her pregnancy is so bizarre and such a medical oddity that he knows the McFarland family, the church--and the world--will very likely refuse to accept it. But if he is right, what kind of child is Mary carrying? Mary and her family are suddenly trapped in a chilling conflict between the possibilities of science--and the mysteries of faith. show lessTags
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Neun Monate Angst: Mary ist schwanger aber sie weiß genau, es kann nicht sein. Amerika ihn den prüden 60ern
Jan 13, 2015German
Una noche, Mary McFarland, una joven católica de clase media, tuvo una pesadilla, un sueño morboso e inexplicable. Y, poco después, descubrió con estupor que estaba embarazada. La noticia conmovió a la familia. En su entorno, nadie dio crédito a su inocencia, pero la ciencia médica le brindó una inesperada ayuda... Paulatinamente, una remota posibilidad fue tomando forma.
Mar 1, 2023Spanish
Una noche Mary Mcfarland, una joven católica de clase media, tuvo una pesadilla, un sueño morboso e inexplicable. Y poco después descubrió con estupor que estaba embarazada. La noticia conmovió a la familia. En su entorno, nadie dio crédito a su inocencia, pero la ciencia médica le brindó una inesperada ayuda... Paulatinamente, una remota posibilidad fue tomando forma.
Dec 9, 2014Spanish
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- Canonical title
- Childsong
- Original title
- Childsong
- Original publication date
- 1981-04
- People/Characters
- Mary McFarland
- Important places
- USA
- Important events
- 1960s
- First words*
- Mary öffnete ihren Bademantel und liess ihn zu Boden fallen.
- Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Und die hellen blauen Augen schienen sich auf sie zu richten.
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- Reviews
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- Languages
- English, German, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 19
- ASINs
- 5
