Ian McEwan introduces The Children Act
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Ian McEwan introduces his brilliant and emotionally wrenching new novel, The Children Act.
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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Absolutely astonishing, brilliant novel.
I read it for the second time, and its impact on me was even more profound than the first time round. It is a perfect novel and the moral questions are superbly put. The Siamese twins case was a very important case in itself, though it served here as a kind of entree.
Very good love the writing comma hearing authors presentation of his work unlocks Great Mystery of constructing a story comma that is entirely fictitious yet absolutely full of classy sentences describing the most intriguing important things about our world full stop I just used Google voice recognition for the first time to leave this comment full stop amazing comma only wish my tone could match Mr McEwen
Why is Fiona' s personal turmoil included? Why does McEwan barely mention the marriage relationship? How are the two stories related??
I enjoyed the medical/ethical dilemma in this excellent book, just typical of McEwan's often habit of delving into the emotional 'humanity' of all of us
Fiona May is a real-life black Italian athelete... is the homonymy merely coincidental?