The Children Act
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4.3 • 163 Ratings
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- £4.99
Publisher Description
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.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Rich with psychological insight and piercingly beautiful prose, The Children Act is the story of an esteemed family-court judge whose equilibrium is shattered when her longtime husband asks for an open marriage. Ian McEwan—who won the Man Booker Prize with Amsterdam—has a gift for evoking fear, confusion and other uncomfortably messy emotions. He lasers in on protagonist Fiona Maye’s thoughts as she decides the fate of the embattled young people who come through her courtroom. Anchoring his novel in fascinating details about the law, McEwan also offers intelligent and moving reflections on the complexities of faith and injustice.
Customer Reviews
Beautifully written
Ian McEwan has crafted a beautiful novel which covers a complex subject. He is a thorough and sensitive writer and you therefore have great compassion for two characters in particular. Would have loved the storyline to have been extended, or even a second book .....
Couldn’t put down
I don’t read a lot and a book has to be good to grab my attention and this is one of them as I didn’t put it down
Enjoyable read!
I read this in three evenings. I liked the characters and the story held my grip. Enjoyable read!