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With no cryingCelia Fremlin

With no crying

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A day-dreaming fifteen-year-old schoolgirl, from a very `good' home, becomes pregnant. She has encouraged a boy to seduce her, glories in her pregnant state, and is bitterly resentful when her parents talk her into having an abortion. To try to recapture her lost bliss, she pads herself up to appear pregnant, runs away from home, and finds refuge with a houseful of young squatters, most of whom are thrilled by the prospect of "their" baby. But Miranda has overdone the padding, making it appear that the baby's due any moment now. How can Miranda save face and carry off the situation? The plot…

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4 editions
  • Other · English · 2014
    Faber & Faber, Limited · 9780571313013
  • Other · English · 2014
    Faber & Faber, Limited · 9780571313006
  • Other · English · 1981
    Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday · 181 pages · 9780385172066
  • Other · English · 1980
    Gollancz · 157 pages · 9780575028494
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