The Man Who Loved Children by Christina Stead

The Man Who Loved Children by Christina Stead

With an Introduction by Randall Jarrell. Sam and Henny Pollit have too many children, too little money, and too much loathing for each other. As Sam uses the children's adoration to feed his own voracious ego, Henny watches in bleak despair, knowing the bitter reality that lies just below his mad visions. A chilling novel of family life, the relations between parents and children, husbands and wives, The Man Who Loved Children, is acknowledged as a contemporary classic.

Christina Stead (1902-1983), an Australian novelist and short story writer known for her caustic wit and psychological characterizations, was a prolific novelist and short story writer.