Atonement
by Ian McEwan
Total Points
#102
- Pages
- 351
- Genres
- Historical Fiction Romance War
- Award(s)
- National Book Critics Circle Award (2002)
From the Booker Prize winning author of Amsterdam, a brilliant new novel. On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, 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, son of the Tallis’s cleaning lady, whose education has been subsidized by Cecilia’s and Briony’s father,...
Reader Reviews (10)
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Jan 5th, 2018
This was one of the first books my "new" bookclub read...unanimously loved it. Bookclub is 14 years strong!
Aug 27th, 2017
Suck
Jan 6th, 2017
Good story.
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Nov 6th, 2013
A very good book, I enjoy Ian McEwan's work and found this to be one of his best.
Aug 9th, 2013
Love and hate it at the same time because of how it is a bit tragic.
Jul 30th, 2013
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