The story of a life. The story of the year. 'Lessons shows [McEwan] at the very peak of his
powers. He has written his masterpiece' Daily Telegraph When the world is still counting the
cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has descended young Roland Baines's life is
turned upside down. Stranded at boarding school his vulnerability attracts his piano teacher
Miriam Cornell leaving scars as well as a memory of love that will never fade. Twenty-five
years later Roland's wife mysteriously vanishes and he is left alone with their baby son. Her
disappearance sparks of journey of discovery that will continue for decades as Roland
confronts the reality of his rootless existence and attempts to embrace the uncertainty - and
freedom - of his future. 'Ian McEwan is a masterful storyteller' Elif Shafak 'A beautiful book
about love loss and regret' Observer 'Luminous beautifully written... about lives imperfectly
lived' Vogue 'A whole unruly life between the covers of a single book: a literary feat'
Spectator 'A tour de force... A single life is silhouetted against global happenings' Sunday
Times * A Book of the Year for The Times Sunday Times Financial Times Spectator New
Statesman Washington Post Vogue and New Yorker *
