The Child in Time
By: Ian McEwan
Now a major BBC drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch 'Only Ian McEwan could write about loss with such telling honesty' Benedict Cumberbatch On a routine trip to the supermarket with his daughter one Saturday morning, Stephen Lewis, a well-known writer of children's books, turns his back momentarily. When he looks around again, his child is gone. In a single moment, everything is changed. The kidnapping has a devastating effect on Stephen's life and marriage. Memories and the present become insep...arable - as Stephen gets lost in daydreams of the past - and time bends back on itself, dragging Stephen's own childhood back into the present.
Book Details
- Author: Ian McEwan
- Language: English
- Published on: 1997
- Publisher: Random House
- ISBN10: 9780099755012
- ISBN13: 0099755017
- Age Group: 14 and above