The Children Act - Film Tie In

Fiona Maye, a leading High Court judge, renowned for her fierce intelligence and sensitivity is called on to try an urgent case. For religious reasons, a seventeen-year-old boy is refusing the medical treatment that could save his life. Time is running out.She visits the boy in hospital - an encounter which stirs long-buried feelings in her and powerful new emotions in the boy. But it is Fiona who must ultimately decide whether he lives or dies and her judgement will have momentous consequences for them both.

Product details

• Authors: Ian McEwan
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9781784705572
• ISBN: 978-1-78470-557-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 17 mm
• Series: 181 POCHE
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Religious, Narrative theme: Social issues, Narrative theme: Politics, Relating to Christian people and groups