Fiction involving children who were born to unmarried parents, especially in times and places where there was stigma about being born out of wedlock.
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message 1: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart I removed Operating Instructions and one other memoir for not being fiction.


message 2: by slauderdale (new)

slauderdale Children only or also adults? Randomly, would book re-tellings of the film Ratatouille count for this? ("He's your SON?" "I have a SON?!!!")


message 3: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Yes, adult children of illegitimate parentage also count!

Not sure about Ratatouille. I haven't seen the movie. Do rats get married in their world, lol? If so, then I think it would count. :)


message 4: by slauderdale (new)

slauderdale Rainbowheart wrote: "Yes, adult children of illegitimate parentage also count!

Not sure about Ratatouille. I haven't seen the movie. Do rats get married in their world, lol? If so, then I think it would count. :)"


LOL. Not Remy but his human costar. I shan't spoiler you beyond that, but the plot *does* hinge on it.


message 5: by slauderdale (new)

slauderdale (I also need to read "Lady Anna" by Anthony Trollope. I am pretty sure she is illegitimate: her father is a bigamist, and after her mother finds out she wages a battle to prove the validity of her marriage, but I haven't read the book so I don't know where the dust settles.)


message 6: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Haha, I was imagining illegitimate rats! If the character is human, you can definitely add it. :)

Feel free to add Lady Anna, too, if it fits!


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