Children Act
Children Act Fiona Maye is a leading High Court judge, presiding over cases in the family court. But her professional success belies private sorrow and domestic strife. She is renowned for her fierce…
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Children Act
Fiona Maye is a leading High Court judge, presiding over cases in the family court. But her professional success belies private sorrow and domestic strife. She is renowned for her fierce intelligence, exactitude and sensitivity.
At the same time, she is called on to try an urgent case: for religious reasons, a beautiful seventeen-year-old boy, Adam, is refusing the medical treatment that could save his life, and his devout parents share his wishes. There is the lingering regret of her childlessness, and now, her marriage of thirty years is in crisis. Time is running out.
Should the secular court overrule sincerely held faith[unk] In the course of reaching a decision Fiona visits Adam in hospital - an encounter which stirs long-buried feelings in her and powerful new emotions in the boy. Her judgment has momentous consequences for them both.