description: "The Child in Time" opens with a harrowing event. Stephen Lewis, a successful author of children's books, takes his three-year-old daughter on a routine Saturday morning trip to the supermarket. While waiting in line, his attention is distracted and his daughter is kidnapped. Just like that. From there, Lewis spirals into bereavement that has effects on his relationship with his wife, his psyche, and time itself.
language: English
title: Child in Time
titlecomplete: Child in Time
characters: Stephen Lewis
genres: Literature, British Literature, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Contemporary, Drama, Novels, Fiction, Audiobook, Adult Fiction
ratings_count: 13583
awards: awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Whitbread Award, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Prix Femina
category: Étranger
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company