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The Children Act

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Notes From Your Bookseller
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Fiona Maye is a renowned, fiercely intelligent High Court Judge whose professional success contradicts her rapidly crumbling marriage. When her husband’s sudden departure leaves her questioning the life she’s built for herself, she throws herself into the case of a teen boy whose parents are refusing a life-saving medical treatment due to their religious beliefs. This truly heart-wrenching and powerful novel is not your typical courtroom drama, but a deeply sensitive and compelling character driven story you won’t want to miss.

A brilliant, emotionally wrenching novel from the Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of Atonement about a leading High Court judge who must resolve an urgent case—as well as her crumbling marriage.

One of the Best Books of the Year: The Washington Post, NPR, Vogue, BookRiot

“Fantastically pleasurable.... Anything we want a novelist to do, he can do.... Unsurpassable.” —Chicago Tribune


Fiona Maye is a leading High Court judge who presides over cases in the family division. She is renow...

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