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The Children Act
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A brilliant, emotionally wrenching new novel from the author of Atonement and Amsterdam.Fiona Maye, a leading High Court judge, renowned for her fierce intelligence and sensitivity is called on to try an urgent case. For religious reasons, a seventeen-year-old boy is refusing the medical treatment that could save his life. Time is running out.She visits the boy in hospital – an encounter which stirs long-buried feelings in her and powerful new emotions in the boy. But it is Fiona who must ultimately decide whether he lives or dies and her judgement will have momentous consequences for them both.
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| Weight | 0.184 kg |
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| Dimensions | 1.5 × 13 × 19.8 cm |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Language | |
| Pages | 224 |
| Publisher | |
| Year Published | 2015-4-9 |
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| Publication City/Country | London, United Kingdom |
| ISBN 10 | 0099599635 |
| About The Author | Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen books. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; The Cement Garden; Enduring Love; Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize; Atonement; Saturday; On Chesil Beach; Solar; Sweet Tooth; The Children Act; and Nutshell, which was a Number One bestseller. Atonement and Enduring Love have both been turned into award-winning films, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach are in production and set for release this year, and filming is currently underway for a BBC TV adaptation of The Child in Time. |
Fascinatingly complex and finally heartbreaking… A quite beautiful work of fiction. |
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| Other text | Another notable volume from one of the finest writers alive. |
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