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The Children Act (novel) : ウィキペディア英語版 | The Children Act (novel)
''The Children Act'' is a novel by the English writer Ian McEwan, published on 2 September 2014. The title is a reference to the Children Act 1989, a UK Act of Parliament. It has been compared to Charles Dickens' ''Bleak House'', with its similar settings, and opening lines.〔(''Literary Review'' - Sam Leith on ''The Children Act'' by Ian McEwan ) Retrieved 2015-03-15.〕 == Plot introduction == Fiona Maye is a respected High Court Judge specializing in Family Law and living in Gray's Inn Square. Though outwardly successful, in her private life she must contend with the regret of childlessness and the announcement by her husband that he is about to embark on an affair. Meanwhile she is called upon to rule in the case of Adam, a seventeen-year-old boy with leukemia who refuses a blood transfusion as a member of Jehovah's Witnesses.
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