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Coated in humor, the story follows a woman in rural Wales who mysteriously delivers a baby without having been pregnant. As confusion mounts, two elder neighbours delve into the enigma, ultimately discovering that the young mother was chosen by fairies to procreate a fairy child.
First publish date: 1996
Genre: Speculative Fiction/Speculative Fiction
Authors: Alice Thomas Ellis
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