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The Children Act

Ian McEwan

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English
Vintage
01 May 2015
Fiona Maye is a leading High Court judge, presiding over cases in the family court. She is renowned for her fierce intelligence, exactitude and sensitivity. But her professional success belies private sorrow and domestic strife. There is the lingering regret of her childlessness, and now, her marriage of thirty years is in crisis.

At the same time, she is called on to try an urgent case: for religious reasons, a beautiful seventeen-year-old boy, Adam, is refusing the medical treatment that could save his life, and his devout parents share his wishes. Time is running out. Should the secular court overrule sincerely held faith?

In the course of reaching a decision Fiona visits Adam in hospital - an encounter which stirs long-buried feelings in her and powerful new emotions in the boy. Her judgment has momentous consequences for them both.
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Imprint:   Vintage
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 130mm,  Spine: 15mm
Weight:   184g
ISBN:   9780099599630
ISBN 10:   0099599635
Pages:   224
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Ian McEwan is a critically acclaimed author of short stories and novels for adults, as well as The Daydreamer, a children's novel illustrated by Anthony Browne. 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 and Sweet Tooth.

Reviews for The Children Act

A wonderfully readable and thought-provoking book -- Kathryn Atkins Bristol Magazine A short novel that will linger in your mind for a long time Woman's Weekly Another beautifully written masterpiece Beyond relevant, emotive, moving, this is beautifully written and a guaranteed page turner -- Matthew Smith H Edition One of our best authors at his best. -- Murray Neil Hertfordshire Life One of my favourite authors... McEwan's fascination with judicial issues, with music and poetry, and with the moral conundrum of how far you place your religious beliefs above the life of someone you love, all feature in this book which will leave you thinking long after you have finished it. -- Frances Colville Frost Magazine It's an enjoyable and often surprising novella. -- Charlotte Heathcote Daily Express


  • Long-listed for I.M.P.A.C. Dublin Award 2016 (UK)
  • Long-listed for IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2016
  • Long-listed for IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2016 (UK)
  • Long-listed for IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2016.

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