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The Children Act

The Children Act

Author:
Ian McEwan
Read by:
Lindsay Duncan

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11
Narrator
3
Release Date
September 2, 2014
Duration
6 hours 15 minutes
Summary
Fiona Maye is a leading High Court judge, presiding over cases in the family court. 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.

At the same time, she is called on to try an urgent case: for religious reasons, a beautiful seventeen-year-old boy, Adam, is refusing the medical treatment that could save his life, and his devout parents share his wishes. Time is running out. Should the secular court overrule sincerely held faith? In the course of reaching a decision Fiona visits Adam in hospital – an encounter which stirs long-buried feelings in her and powerful new emotions in the boy. Her judgment has momentous consequences for them both.
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A thought-provoking and emotional book. Not an easy book although wonderfully read.

The Children Act

The Children Act

Author: Ian McEwan
Read by: Lindsay Duncan
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