In the arid summer heat, four children - Jack, Julie, Sue and Tom - find themselves abruptly orphaned. All the routines of childhood are cast aside as the children adapt to a now parentless world. Alone in the house together, the children's lives twist into something unrecognisable as the outside begins to bear down on them.
| ISBN: | 9780099755111 |
| Publication date: | 5th June 1997 |
| Author: | Ian McEwan |
| Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 138 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Narrative theme: Coming of age Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss Family Drama |