Helpful Score: 1
Award-winning author McEwan writes movingly of the struggle of a British children's writer to suvive the abduction of his only child and the subsequent break-up of his marriage.
Helpful Score: 1
Finished reading this today. I thought it was very well written, with excellent characterizations, and an absorbing story about the agonies when a young couple loses a daughter by abduction. Having two young daughters myself, I can't imagine how horrific this experience would be. I thought McEwan did an excellent job of telling this story and how the parents tried to cope with the situation. The story is sometimes a little disconcerting by going to stories in the past relating to the husband's parents and early experiences. Overall though, McEwan does an excellent job of handling the experiences in a sensitive and caring way. I also thought the ending was very appropriate.
I am having a very hard time getting into this book, I have picked it up and put it down about twice now. I hope to finish it however it might take awhile.
Sublime writing. Don't read that beautiful ending first!
