Cover of The Children Act

The Children Act

by Ian McEwan

2014 · literary fiction · adult

Set in 1 place · 1 primary
Sense of Place
5/5
Description · Open Library (CC0)

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.

Set in

  • London · United Kingdom
    High Court family judge, Gray's Inn & Lincoln's Inn, London
    ★ primary

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