McEwan, Ian.

The children act / Ian McEwan. - Toronto : Knopf Canada, 2014. - 221 p. ; 23 cm.

Fiona Maye is a High Court judge in London presiding over cases in family court. She is fiercely intelligent, well respected, and deeply immersed in the nuances of her particular field of law. But Fiona's professional success belies domestic strife. She decides to throw herself into her work, especially a complex case involving a 17-year-old boy whose parents will not permit a lifesaving blood transfusion because it conflicts with their beliefs as Jehovah's Witnesses. But the pressure to resolve the case test Fiona in ways that will keep readers thoroughly enthralled until the last stunning page.

ISBN: 9780345809629 (hardcover)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women judges--Fiction.
Self-actualization (Psychology) in women--Fiction.
Religion and law--England--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Legal stories--2014.

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]