This book is perfect for readers who enjoy intricate storytelling and complex characters. Set in the 1930s, "Atonement" follows the lives of three individuals whose paths are forever altered by a single event. The author's beautiful prose and keen observations make this novel a modern classic. Prepare to be swept away by the deeply emotional journey of love, betrayal, and the power of seeking redemption.

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• Booker Prize Nominee (2001)
• James Tait Black Memorial Prize Nominee for Fiction (2001)
• Whitbread Award Nominee for Novel (2001)
• WH Smith Literary Award (2002)
• Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (2002)
• Exclusive Books Boeke Prize (2002)
• Deutscher Buchpreis (German Book Prize) for Internationale Belletristik (2003)
• National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (2002)
• Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book in South Asia and Europe (2002)
• Premi Llibreter de narrativa Nominee (2003)
• Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2003)

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, her childhood friend who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge.By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have been changed for ever. Robbie and Cecilia will have crossed a boundary they had not even imagined at its start, and will have become victims of the younger girl's imagination. Briony will have witnessed mysteries and committed a crime for which she will spend the rest of her life trying to atone.

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