{"product_id":"the-child-in-time-9780385497527","title":"The Child in Time","description":"\u003cb\u003eWith extraordinary tenderness and insight, the Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAtonement\u003c\/i\u003e takes us into the dark territory of a marriage devastated by the loss of a child.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStephen 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKate'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. \u003ci\u003eThe Child in Time \u003c\/i\u003eis an astonishing novel by one of the finest writers of his generation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon't miss Ian McEwan's new novel, \u003ci\u003eLessons.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIAN MCEWAN\u003c\/b\u003e is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen novels and two short story collections. His first published work, a collection of short stories, \u003ci\u003eFirst Love, Last Rites, \u003c\/i\u003e won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Child in Time, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; \u003ci\u003eThe Cement Garden; Enduring Love; Amsterdam, which\u003c\/i\u003e won the 1998 Booker Prize; \u003ci\u003eAtonement; Saturday; On Chesil Beach; Solar; Sweet Tooth; The Children Act; Nutshell; \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMachines Like Me, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was a number-one bestseller. \u003ci\u003eAtonement, Enduring Love, The Children Act\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOn Chesil Beach\u003c\/i\u003e have all been adapted for the big screen.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50323967213842,"sku":"9780385497527","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_10f411ad-5eb2-43e7-9d5a-c62a3171a13f.jpg?v=1727662971","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-child-in-time-9780385497527","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}