McEwan, Ian,

The Children Act : a novel / Ian McEwan. - First United States edition. - 221 pages ; 22 cm

"Originally published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape, an imprint of the Random House Group Ltd., London"--Title page verso.

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.

ISBN: 9780385539708 (hardback) 0385539703 (hardback) 9780345809629 (A.A. Knopf Canada hardcover) 9780345809636 (paperback)

LCCN: 2014018448

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Adultery
Blood
Jehovah's Witnesses
Religion and law
Self-actualization (Psychology) in women
Teenage boys
Women judges

LC Class. No.: PR6063.C4 / C48 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 823/.914