The children act - Rambling Readers

221 pages

English language

Published Nov. 21, 2014

ISBN:: 978-0-385-53970-8
OCLC Number:: 877844023

(5 reviews)

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.

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Sean Randall reviewed The children act by Ian McEwan

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5 stars

This got under my skin and lodged there. I think I rate it so highly because of how real it seems, how vivid and present the impacts of judgement, how strong and complex the motivations and relationships. It's not a read for everybody, there's a depth and a profusion of words not remotely suited to everyone and perhaps the rich social elite, their drinks and soirees and music are too much. But that realism shone through for me and kept me thinking about things.