03212cam a2200397 4500 627422030 TxAuBib 20221130120000.0 ||||||s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781490637037 1490637036 e24e53c6-ae6c-40e8-9787-b9587e253842 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1901659 OverDrive (Product ID) 5010406 5010406 TxAuBib McEwan, Ian. The Children Act [Libby Audiobook]. Recorded Books, Inc., 2014. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 171MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 171MB. HTML:<p>A brilliant, emotionally wrenching new novel from the author of Atonement and Amsterdam.</p> <p>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. Often the outcome of a case seems simple from the outside, the course of action to ensure a child's welfare obvious. But the law requires more rigor than mere pragmatism, and Fiona is expert in considering the sensitivities of culture and religion when handing down her verdicts.</p> <p>But Fiona's professional success belies domestic strife. Her husband, Jack, asks her to consider an open marriage and, after an argument, moves out of their house. His departure leaves her adrift, wondering whether it was not love she had lost so much as a modern form of respectability; whether it was not contempt and ostracism she really fears. She decides to throw herself into her work, especially a complex case involving a seventeen-year-old boy whose parents will not permit a lifesaving blood transfusion because it conflicts with their beliefs as Jehovah's Witnesses. But Jack doesn't leave her thoughts, and the pressure to resolve the case—as well as her crumbling marriage—tests Fiona in ways that will keep readers thoroughly enthralled until the last stunning page.</p>. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: Audiobook. The New York Times Best Seller List. Notable Books for Adults. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-01-30 20:00:02. Duncan, Lindsay. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1694-1/1901659-TheChildrenAct.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1694-1/1901659-TheChildrenAct.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=E24E53C6-AE6C-40E8-9787-B9587E253842&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1694-1/1901659-TheChildrenAct.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1694-1/1901659-TheChildrenAct.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=E24E53C6-AE6C-40E8-9787-B9587E253842&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) TXMLR