Ian McEwan 
The Child in Time 

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 and marriage. Memories and the present become inseparable – as Stephen gets lost in daydreams of the past – and time bends back on itself, dragging Stephen »s own childhood back into the present.