From the Bookshelf of Tyler Public Library…

[close] Always a master of elegant prose, McEwan's The Children Act is an examination of a middle-aged family court judge, Fiona Mage, struggling with a personal crisis and a difficult case involving a 17 year old Jehovah's Witness. Adam is suffering an advanced case of leukemia and requires a life- saving blood transfusion, which both he and his parents object to on religious grounds. Fiona, reeling from a recent court case involving the separation of doomed Siamese Twins, learns that her husband of 35 wishes to embark on an extramarital affair with a younger woman. McEwan's brilliance captures Fiona's struggle to weigh & interpret the law while ensuring the best outcome for the child.

This is a wrenching and deeply wrought novel which is not easily forgotten. Highly recommended.