Letter to a Child Never Born

{{short description|1975 novel by Oriana Fallaci}}

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| name = Letter to a Child Never Born

| title_orig = Lettera a un bambino mai nato

| translator = John Shepley

| image = Letter to a Child Never Born.jpg

| image_size = 150

| caption = First US edition

| author = Oriana Fallaci

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| country = Italy

| language = Italian

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| publisher = Rizzoli (Italy)
Simon and Schuster (US)
Arlington Books (UK)

| pub_date = 1975 (Italian)

| english_pub_date =1976 (English)

| media_type = Print (Book)

| pages = 114

| isbn = 0-671-22374-7

| dewey= 858/.9/1407

| congress= PZ4.F192 Le PQ4866.A4

| oclc= 2493634

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Letter to a Child Never Born ({{langx|it|Lettera a un bambino mai nato}}, 1975) is a novel by Italian author and journalist Oriana Fallaci. It is written as a letter by a young professional woman (presumably Fallaci herself) to the fetus she carries in utero; it details the woman's struggle to choose between a career she loves and an unexpected pregnancy, explaining how life works with examples of her childhood, and warning him/her about the unfairness of the world. The English translation was first published in 1976.[https://www.academia.edu/1530117/letter_to_a_child_never_born_by_oriana_fallaci_--_a_book_review Book review of Letter to a Child Never Born]

The book sold four million copies worldwide.