by Henry Denker · Pocket · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782266034555
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«L'Enfant qui voulait mourir» is the romantic novel by Henry Denker, published by Pocket in paperback (316 pages, in French).
Robbie Ward, an adopted teenager who has been a model son, begins to suffer such sudden and alarming mood swings that his parents fear for him. The novel follows the family's efforts to understand his distress and find help before it is too late, exploring mental health and the bond between parents and children.
The original novel, «Robert, My Son», was published in 1985; this French edition dates from 1991.
For readers of sentimental novels and stories about emotional and family conflicts.
Henry Denker was an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He began his career as a radio and television writer, and is credited as the originator and writer of what he described as the first television series ever produced, False Witness, broadcast on NBC-TV in 1939. He wrote the first script for the religious radio series The Greatest Story Ever Told, which won a special George Foster Peabody Citation in 1949. Of his 34 published novels, 17 were selected and published by Reader's Digest Condensed Books. Six of his plays were produced on Broadway. Trained as a lawyer, Denker drew on his legal background throughout his prolific writing career across radio, television, theater, and fiction.
