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001			9781473513273
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020			_a9781473513273
100			_aMcEwan, Ian
245		4	_aThe children act : a novel
260			_a[London] _bVintage Digital _c2014
500			_aDownloadable eBook.
500			_aFiction.
500			_aAdult.
520			_aRemote
520			_aFiona Maye is a leading High Court judge, presiding over cases in the family court. She is renowned for her fierce intelligence, exactitude and sensitivity. But her professional success belies private sorrow and domestic strife. There is the lingering regret of her childlessness, and now, her marriage of thirty years is in crisis. At the same time, she is called on to try an urgent case: for religious reasons, a beautiful seventeen-year-old boy, Adam, is refusing the medical treatment that could save his life, and his devout parents share his wishes. Time is running out. Should the secular court overrule sincerely held faith? In the course of reaching a decision Fiona visits Adam in hospital - an encounter which stirs long-buried feelings in her and powerful new emotions in the boy. Her judgment has momentous consequences for them both.
520			_aMode of access: World Wide Web.
520			_a[electronic resource] /
690			_aWomen judges-Fiction
690			_aReligion and law-England-Fiction
690			_aSelf-actualization (Psychology) in women-Fiction
856			_uhttps://fe.bolindadigital.com/wldcs_bol_fo/b2i/productDetail.html?productId=RDH_182528&b2iSite=6348&preview=no _y[Access eBook online]
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