Letter to a Child Never Born

fiction by Oriana Fallaci

Blurb

Letter to a Child Never Born is a novel by Italian author and journalist Oriana Fallaci. It is written as a letter by young professional woman to the fetus she carries in utero; it details the woman's struggle to choose between a career she loves and an unexpected pregnancy, explaining the how life works with examples of her childhood, and warning him/her about the unfairness of the world. The English translation was first published in 1976. At the end of the English version, the woman has a miscarriage.
The book sold four million copies worldwide. As of January 2007, it is out of print.

First Published

1975

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