{"product_id":"the-children-act-9781101872871","title":"The Children Act","description":"\u003cb\u003eA brilliant, emotionally wrenching novel from the Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAtonement\u003c\/i\u003e about a leading High Court judge who must resolve an urgent case--as well as her crumbling marriage.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFiona Maye is a leading High Court judge who presides over cases in the family division. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the same time, she is called on to try an urgent case: Adam, a beautiful seventeen-year-old boy, is refusing for religious reasons the medical treatment that could save his life, and his devout parents echo his wishes. Time is running out. Should the secular court overrule sincerely expressed faith? In the course of reaching a decision, Fiona visits Adam in the hospital--an encounter that stirs long-buried feelings in her and powerful new emotions in the boy. Her judgment has momentous consequences for them both. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon't miss Ian McEwan's new novel, \u003ci\u003eLessons\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781101872871\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/24\/2015 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ian McEwan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45097025405109,"sku":"9781101872871","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ad3ae750-2394-44f8-9e9f-8e97cd6e9a49.jpg?v=1739283035","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-children-act-9781101872871","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}