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The Children Act

Categorie	Engels
Boeknummer	#354193-XG28
Titel	The Children Act
Auteur	McEwan, Ian
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	London : Jonthan Cape
Jaar van uitgave	2014
ISBN10	0224101994
ISBN13	9780224101998
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original blind stampoed blue boards, dust jacket, 8vo.
Samenvatting	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 ju... (Lees verder)dgment has momentous consequences for them both.
Pagina's	215
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 6,00

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