Reno and Las Vegas: University of Nevada Press, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - In the second volume of this Basque family trilogy, "Peter journeys to his parents' native land to learn more about his mother's secret past. The "child" in the title is the narrator's mother, Maitia, whose life has been tainted by her illegitimacy. Laxalt brings a mythopoeic solemnity to the reconstructed experiences of both Maitia, growing up in a tiny Basque village, and Petya, a youth whose family sends him to the American West after he witnesses a murder." (Publishers Weekly) 153 pp. ISBN: 0-874171962.