A story that begins with three young people in the garden of a country house on the hottest day of 1935, and ends with three profoundly changed lives. A depiction of love and war, class, childhood and England, that explores shame and forgiveness, atonement and the possibility of absolution.
A story that begins with three young people in the garden of a country house on the hottest day of 1935, and ends with three profoundly changed lives....
This book is a brilliant, emotionally wrenching new novel from the author of Atonement and Amsterdam. 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...
This book is a brilliant, emotionally wrenching new novel from the author of Atonement and Amsterdam. Fiona Maye, a leading High Court judge, renowned...
Trudy has betrayed her husband, John. She's still in the marital home - a dilapidated, priceless London townhouse - but not with John. But there is a witness to their plot: the inquisitive, nine-month-old resident of Trudy's womb.
Trudy has betrayed her husband, John. She's still in the marital home - a dilapidated, priceless London townhouse - but not with John. But there is a ...
It is July 1962. Edward and Florence, young innocents married that morning, arrive at a hotel on the Dorset coast. At dinner in their rooms they struggle to suppress their private fears of the wedding night to come and, unbeknownst to them both, the events of the evening will haunt them for the rest of their lives.
It is July 1962. Edward and Florence, young innocents married that morning, arrive at a hotel on the Dorset coast. At dinner in their rooms they strug...
Ian McEwan jak nikt inny potrafi przemawiać równie mocno do rozumu, co do serc czytelników, a W imię dziecka jest tego najlepszym przykładem.
Fiona Maye, sędzia Wysokiego Trybunału Anglii i Walii, specjalistka od prawa rodzinnego, cieszy się w swoim środowisku świetną opinią. Kariera zawodowa nie rekompensuje jej jednak pustki w życiu osobistym. Jej związek z mężem wydaje się wypalony i w momencie, w którym Fiona zajmuje się jako sędzia niezwykle trudną sprawą, jej małżeństwo wchodzi w fazę głębokiego...
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Kafka meets The Thick Of It in a bitingly funny new political satire from Ian McEwanThat morning, Jim Sams, clever but by no means profound, woke from uneasy dreams to find himself transformed into a gigantic creature. Jim Sams has undergone a metamorphosis.
Kafka meets The Thick Of It in a bitingly funny new political satire from Ian McEwanThat morning, Jim Sams, clever but by no means profound, woke from...
**Number 1 Sunday Times Bestseller**In a world not quite like this one, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power and Alan Turing has achieved an astonishing breakthrough in artificial intelligence. In an alternative 1980s London, Charlie, drifting through life and dodging full-time employment, is in love with Miranda, a bright student who lives with a terrible secret. When Charlie comes into money, he buys Adam, one of the first batch of synthetic humans.
With Miranda's assistance, he co-designs Adam's personality. This near-perfect human is beautiful, strong...
**Number 1 Sunday Times Bestseller**In a world not quite like this one, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power and Alan Turing has achieve...
