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Lisa of Hopewell
Sep 04, 2014 rated it really liked it
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When is a child an adult? At age 17 and some months? On the 18th birthday? Who decides when a child this age must have medical treatment? Does this child "believe" or has he been taught to believe and mouth that beliefs of his parents? Jehovah's Witness parents, their soon-to-be-legally-of-age son, a life-long-higher-achiever of a judge and British law all collide in this excellent story of maturity and how it is defined. Add to this an act of indecent selfishness by an otherwise beloved and dec ...more
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I don't know why I like Ian McEwan (aside from his beautiful writing), but I am addicted. ...more
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Dec 27, 2014 rated it really liked it
A well told, engaging, intelligent story. Brief in words, expansive in thought provocation. A tale where morality, the law, and the human heart collide.
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