The child in time / Ian McEwan.

By:

McEwan, Ian

Publication details: London : Vintage, 1997.Description: 220 p. ; 20 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0099755017 (pbk) :

Subject(s):

Missing children -- Fiction

DDC classification:

823.914

Summary: 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 inseparable - as Stephen gets lost in daydreams of the past - and time bends back on itself, dragging Stephen's own childhood back into the present.

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Ferriman information and Library Service (North Middlesex) Shelves	MCE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		0002032X

Originally published: London : Jonathan Cape, 1987.

Formerly CIP.

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 inseparable - as Stephen gets lost in daydreams of the past - and time bends back on itself, dragging Stephen's own childhood back into the present.

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