Ben's Story 1: the Fifth Child (lesing's Work)
by G
About This Novel
The Nobel Prize-winning female writer's profound thoughts on motherhood and parenting – we can only be optimists. "On the afternoon when they bought this house, they stood on the front porch hand in hand. Birds were chirping in the garden, and the cold early spring rain made the thick branches of the still-black trees shine. They opened the front door, their hearts beating with joy, and found themselves in a huge room facing a spacious staircase. The previous owner, like them, knew what a 'home' should be like..." However, the birth of the fifth child, Ben, shattered this middle-class family's dream of happiness. This abnormal child was born with brute force and was extremely aggressive... His father sent him to a so-called sanatorium, where he was imprisoned and treated inhumanely. His mother relented and took him home, causing another turmoil in the family. How should a normal family "deal with" an abnormal child?
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