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The Children Act

By Ian McEwan

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The Children Act

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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.
Product details
Release Date:
2014-09-02
Publication Date:
2014-09-02
Publisher:
Random House UK Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1846574196
ISBN13:
9781846574191
Weight:
174 g
Height:
139 cm
Width:
139 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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