Super Short Summary

The Children Act by Ian McEwan centers on Fiona Maye, a respected family law judge in London whose marriage is falling apart when she takes on the case of Adam, a young Jehovah’s Witness with leukemia whose parents refuse a life-saving blood transfusion based on their beliefs; meeting Adam profoundly impacts Fiona as her professional decisions and personal life increasingly intersect. Topics in the book include illness, religious conflict, and marital strife.