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The children act : a novel

Title
The children act : a novel / Ian McEwan.
Author
McEwan, Ian
Publication
New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, [2014]

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221 pages; 22 cm
Summary
"Fiona Maye is a High Court judge in London presiding over cases in family court. She is fiercely intelligent, well respected, and deeply immersed in the nuances of her particular field of law. Often the outcome of a case seems simple from the outside, the course of action to ensure a child's welfare obvious. But the law requires more rigor than mere pragmatism, and Fiona is expert in considering the sensitivities of culture and religion when handing down her verdicts. But Fiona's professional success belies domestic strife. Her husband, Jack, asks her to consider an open marriage and, after an argument, moves out of their house. His departure leaves her adrift, wondering whether it was not love she had lost so much as a modern form of respectability; whether it was not contempt and ostracism she really fears. She decides to throw herself into her work, especially a complex case involving a seventeen-year-old boy whose parents will not permit a lifesaving blood transfusion because it conflicts with their beliefs as Jehovah's Witnesses. But Jack doesn't leave her thoughts, and the pressure to resolve the case--as well as her crumbling marriage--tests Fiona in ways that will keep readers thoroughly enthralled until the last stunning page"--
Subjects
Genre/Form
Legal fiction (Literature)
Call Number
JFD 14-4443
ISBN
  • 9780385539708
  • 0385539703
LCCN
2014018448
OCLC
2014018448
Author
McEwan, Ian, author.
Title
The children act : a novel / Ian McEwan.
Publisher
New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, [2014]
Edition
First United States edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
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Reproduction of (manifestation): McEwan, Ian. Children act London : Jonathan Cape, 2014 9780224101998
Research Call Number
JFD 14-4443
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