A national bestseller and international bestseller, The Children Act is a brilliant, emotionally wrenching new novel from the author of Atonement and Amsterdam. Fiona Maye is a High Court judge in London presiding over cases in family court. She is fiercely intelligent, well respected, and deeply immersed in the nuances of her particular field of law. Often the outcome of a case seems simple from the outside, the course of action to ensure a childs welfare obvious. But the law requires more rigorthan mere pragmatism, and Fiona is expert in considering the sensitivities of culture and religion when handing down her verdicts. But Fionas professional success belies domestic strife. Her husband, Jack, asks her to consider an open marriage and, after an argument, moves out of their house.
