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On the hottest day of the summer of 1934, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her is Robbie Turner, her childhood friend who, like Cecilia, has recently come... Read Full Overview

On the hottest day of the summer of 1934, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her is Robbie Turner, her childhood friend who, like Cecilia, has recently come... Read Full Overview

It is the hottest day of the summer, 1935, and in the Tallis family home everything appears to be peaceful. However, a more attentive ear might notice subtle discordant tones, a rising tension. It explodes when Cecilia, the oldest Tallis daughter, emerges from a fountain soaked... Read Full Overview

National Bestseller Ian McEwan s symphonic novel of love and war, childhood and class, guilt and forgiveness provides all the satisfaction of a brilliant narrative and the provocation we have come to expect from this master of English prose. On a hot summer day in 1935, thirteen-year-old... Read Full Overview

The publication of Atonement cemented Ian McEwan's reputation as one of the most exciting and accomplished writers of his generation. From its breath-taking opening section, telling the events of a fateful summer's day in 1935, McEwan unravels a tale of love and war that... Read Full Overview

'Atonement' is enthralling in its depiction of childhood, love and war, class and England and at its centre is a profound and profoundly moving exploration of shame and forgiveness.