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Book Review of Atonement

Atonement
Atonement
Author: Ian McEwan
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 1


One of the best books I've ever read. On a dark, pre-WW II night at a wealthy English family's estate, a pre-teen girl's jealousy of her older sister spurs her to make a shocking accusation, an accusation that in the end, along with the coming war, will forever alter the life of her sister and the man she loves. As the young girl grows and eventually nurses soldiers at a London hospital, she must come to grips with what she has done.