MccEwan - The Children Act

I love courtroom drama. It is a holdover from my years of working in the courthouse in Virginia.  Best-selling author Ian McEwan  (Sweet Tooth, Atonment) has created another moving and controversial book.  Fiana Maye, a high court judge in Britain's Family Court has had her share of high stakes cases.  Sworn to uphold the law, she has rendered decisions in cases involving the separation of Siamese Twins, child kidnapping by a non-custodial parent and the usual divorces, child custody and protective orders.  However, as her own marriage is unraveling, she is unprepared for the emotional involvement in another controversial cases involving a young cancer patient who is refusing a live saving blood transfusion due to his religious convictions. I would not say that this book is uplifting, but the writing is exceptional.