Now a major BBC drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch Only Ian Mc Ewan could write about loss with such telling honesty' Benedict Cumberbatch On a routine trip to the supermarket with his daughter one Saturday morning Stephen Lewis a well-known writer of children's books turns his back momentarily When he looks around again his child is gone In a single moment everything is changed The kidnapping has a devastating effect on Stephen's life & marriage Memories & the present become inseparable
- as Stephen gets lost in daydreams of the past
- & time bends back on itself dragging Stephen's own childhood back into the present