# The Child in Time

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- Authors: [Ian McEwan](https://www.bookquiver.com/ian-mcewan)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2010-03-11
- Genres: Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general

## Description

Now a major BBC drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch 'Only Ian McEwan could write about loss with such telling honesty' Benedict Cumberbatch On a routine trip to the supermarket with his daughter one Saturday morning, Stephen Lewis, a well-known writer of children's books, turns his back momentarily. When he looks around again, his child is gone. In a single moment, everything is changed. The kidnapping has a devastating effect on Stephen's life and marriage. Memories and the present become inseparable - as Stephen gets lost in daydreams of the past - and time bends back on itself, dragging Stephen's own childhood back into the present.

## Editions

### The Child in Time

- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-00-9975-501-2
- Pages: 256
- Published: 2023-07-06
- Language: en_GB

### The Child in Time

- Publisher: vintage_digital
- Medium: audio
- Length: 8 h 4 min
- Narrated by: Nathaniel Parker
- ISBN: 978-14-7351-392-1
- Published: 2014-11-13
- Language: en_GB

### The Child in Time

- Publisher: vintage_digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-0909-021-2
- Published: 2010-03-11
- Language: en_GB

### The Child in Time

- Publisher: anchor
- ISBN: 978-03-8549-752-7
- Pages: 272
- Published: 1999-11-02
- Language: en_US

## This book in other languages

- [A Criança no Tempo](https://www.bookquiver.com/ian-mcewan/pt/a-crianca-no-tempo) (pt_PT)