# The Child in Time

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- Book: [The Child in Time](https://www.bookquiver.com/ian-mcewan/the-child-in-time) ([The Child in Time.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/ian-mcewan/the-child-in-time.md))
- Authors: [Ian McEwan](https://www.bookquiver.com/ian-mcewan)
- Publisher: vintage_digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-0909-021-2
- Published: 2010-03-11
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## 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.