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The children act, a novel, Ian McEwan

Label
The children act, a novel, Ian McEwan
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The children act
Oclc number
877844023
Responsibility statement
Ian McEwan
Sub title
a novel
Summary
London High Court Judge Fiona Maye presides over a sensitive case involving a family of Jehovah's Witnesses who won't allow their seventeen-year-old son to get a lifesaving blood transfusion because it conflicts with their religious beliefs. Meanwhile, Fiona's husband, Jack, has just left home, and she begins to feel the pressures of both resolving the case and saving her crumbling marriage
Target audience
adult
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