The Resource The children act : a novel, Ian McEwan
The children act : a novel, Ian McEwan
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- Summary
- "Fiona Maye is a High Court judge in London presiding over cases in family court. She is fiercely intelligent, well respected, and deeply immersed in the nuances of her particular field of law. Often the outcome of a case seems simple from the outside, the course of action to ensure a child's welfare obvious. But the law requires more rigor than mere pragmatism, and Fiona is expert in considering the sensitivities of culture and religion when handing down her verdicts. But Fiona's professional success belies domestic strife. Her husband, Jack, asks her to consider an open marriage and, after an argument, moves out of their house. His departure leaves her adrift, wondering whether it was not love she had lost so much as a modern form of respectability; whether it was not contempt and ostracism she really fears. She decides to throw herself into her work, especially a complex case involving a seventeen-year-old boy whose parents will not permit a lifesaving blood transfusion because it conflicts with their beliefs as Jehovah's Witnesses. But Jack doesn't leave her thoughts, and the pressure to resolve the case--as well as her crumbling marriage--tests Fiona in ways that will keep readers thoroughly enthralled until the last stunning page"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First United States edition.
- Extent
- 221 pages
- Note
- "Originally published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape, an imprint of the Random House Group Ltd., London"--title page verso
- Isbn
- 9780385539708
- Link
- 9780385539708.jpg
- Label
- The children act : a novel
- Title
- The children act
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Ian McEwan
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Fiona Maye is a High Court judge in London presiding over cases in family court. She is fiercely intelligent, well respected, and deeply immersed in the nuances of her particular field of law. Often the outcome of a case seems simple from the outside, the course of action to ensure a child's welfare obvious. But the law requires more rigor than mere pragmatism, and Fiona is expert in considering the sensitivities of culture and religion when handing down her verdicts. But Fiona's professional success belies domestic strife. Her husband, Jack, asks her to consider an open marriage and, after an argument, moves out of their house. His departure leaves her adrift, wondering whether it was not love she had lost so much as a modern form of respectability; whether it was not contempt and ostracism she really fears. She decides to throw herself into her work, especially a complex case involving a seventeen-year-old boy whose parents will not permit a lifesaving blood transfusion because it conflicts with their beliefs as Jehovah's Witnesses. But Jack doesn't leave her thoughts, and the pressure to resolve the case--as well as her crumbling marriage--tests Fiona in ways that will keep readers thoroughly enthralled until the last stunning page"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- McEwan, Ian
- Dewey number
- 823/.914
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR6063.C4
- LC item number
- C48 2014
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Women judges
- Self-actualization (Psychology) in women
- Religion and law
- FICTION / Literary
- FICTION / Legal
- FICTION / Psychological
- Religion and law
- Self-actualization (Psychology) in women
- Women judges
- England
- Label
- The children act : a novel, Ian McEwan
- Link
- 9780385539708.jpg
- Note
- "Originally published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape, an imprint of the Random House Group Ltd., London"--title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1552262
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First United States edition.
- Extent
- 221 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385539708
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2014018448
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1552262
- (OCoLC)877844023
- Label
- The children act : a novel, Ian McEwan
- Link
- 9780385539708.jpg
- Note
- "Originally published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape, an imprint of the Random House Group Ltd., London"--title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1552262
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First United States edition.
- Extent
- 221 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385539708
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2014018448
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1552262
- (OCoLC)877844023
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