The Child in Time (edit title)

Timothy Gray approved Timothy Gray’s request to combine 9 books, including The Child in Time, Saturday, October 31 2009.

Timothy Gray submitted a request to combine 9 books, including The Child in Time, Saturday, October 24 2009.

Shelfari edited the description of The Child in Time Sunday, August 2 2009.

• Stephen Lewis, a successful writer of children's books, is confronted with the unthinkable: his only child, three-year-old Kate, is snatched from him in a supermarket. In one horrifying moment that replays itself over the years that follow, Stephen realizes his daughter is gone. With extraordinary tenderness and insight, Booker Prize–winning author Ian McEwan takes us into the dark territory of a marriage devastated by the loss of a child. Kate's absence sets Stephen and his wife, Julie, on diverging paths as they each struggle with a grief that only seems to intensify with the passage of time. Eloquent and passionate, the novel concludes in a triumphant scene of love and hope that gives full rein to the author's remarkable gifts. The winner of the Whitbread Prize, The Child in Time is an astonishing novel by one of the finest writers of his generation.

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Child in Time Thursday, July 23 2009.

• Added a contributor: Ian McEwan: (Primary Author)