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McEwan's latest follows two well-worn story lines but uses them to explore greater themes including love, parenting, duty, risk, logic, and religion. The story centers on Fiona Maye, a British family law judge in her late middle age whose marriage is dissolving. She must decide the fate of Adam, a Jehovah's Witness minor who, along with his parents, is refusing a blood transfusion that could help him to survive leukemia. The novel follows the twin n...Log In or Sign Up to Read More