Stephen Lewis, a successful writer of children's books, is confronted with the unthinkable: his only child, three-year-old Kate, is snatched from him in a supermarket. In one horrifying moment that replays itself over the years that follow, Stephen realizes his daughter is gone.

With extraordinary tenderness and insight, Booker Prize–winning author Ian McEwan takes us into the dark territory of a marriage devastated by the loss of a child.

Kate's absence sets Stephen and his wife, Julie, on diverging paths as they each struggle with a grief that only seems to intensify with the passage of time.

Eloquent and passionate, the novel concludes in a triumphant scene of love and hope that gives full rein to the author's remarkable gifts. The winner of the Whitbread Prize, The Child in Time is an astonishing novel by one of the finest writers of his generation.


暢銷童書作家史蒂芬．路易斯遭遇了一場令人難以置信的意外——他的三歲獨生女凱特在賣場失蹤。意外發生後的好幾年裡，史蒂芬不斷想起心碎的瞬間，直到他終於意識到已經失去寶貝女兒。

布克獎得獎作者伊恩．麥克尤恩以細膩非凡的筆觸與洞察力，帶領讀者進入因寶貝女兒失蹤，導致婚姻破碎的傷心故事。

凱特的消失讓史蒂芬與太太朱莉分道揚鑣，兩人皆沉浸在悲傷中，時間流逝似乎也不能帶走悲傷，反而加深了痛苦。

本書的描寫動人、富含熱情，以一個洋溢著愛與希望的場景作結尾，充分展現作者得天獨厚的寫作天賦。《The Child in Time》亦榮獲惠特貝瑞圖書獎，是當代傑出作家所創作的精采作品。