The Book We're Talking About: 'The Children Act' By Ian McEwan

Posted: 09/16/2014 HuffPost Books

The epigraph of Ian McEwan’s latest novel, The Children Act, offers some hint of what lies within its pages -- especially for non-British readers less likely to be familiar with the titular piece of child protective legislation: “When a court determines any question with respect to … the upbringing of a child … the child’s welfare shall be the court’s paramount consideration. --Section 1(A), The Children Act, 1989.” These few but weighty words insinuate themselves throughout McEwan’s tale of a family court judge, Fiona Maye, who must decide the fate of a 17-year-old Jehovah’s Witness who has refused vital blood transfusions due to his faith. 

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