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The Children Act
by McEwan, Ian
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine Condition/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0224101994
- ISBN 13
- 9780224101998
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About This Item
Jonathan Cape, London, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. First Impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 216 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. It appears un-read and is in fine condition.. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. “The Children Act” by Ian McEwan is a novel that delves into the complex ethical and moral dilemmas faced by a family court judge. As she presides over a case involving a teenage boy refusing a life-saving blood transfusion due to religious beliefs, the novel explores themes of religion, law, and the rights of children Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Contemporary; England; Modern; ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9780224101998. Pictures are of actual item and are not stock images Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10644. . 9780224101998
Synopsis
IAN McEWAN is the bestselling author of fifteen books, including the novels Sweet Tooth ; Solar , winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize; On Chesil Beach ; Saturday ; Atonement , winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the W. H.Smith Literary Award; The Comfort of Strangers and Black Dogs , both short-listed for the Booker Prize; Amsterdam , winner of the Booker Prize; and The Child in Time , winner of the Whitbread Award; as well as the story collections First Love, Last Rites , winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, and In Between the Sheets . He lives in Gloucestershire.
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10644
- Title
- The Children Act
- Author
- McEwan, Ian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0224101994
- ISBN 13
- 9780224101998
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2014
- Keywords
- BZDB137 ian mcewan, religious beliefs, medical treatment, Fiction; Contemporary; England; Modern; Unbranded EAN: 9780224101998 McEwan, Ian The Children Act
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