The Cement Garden

The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan. First edition (1978). First impression. Medium format hardback in near fine condition. Slight shelf wear. There is a previous owner's inscription to front end page. Minor spotting to copyright page. No other markings. The jacket has been price clipped, now in removable protective sleeve. 

 

About The Cement Garden

So, in the arid summer heat, four children – Jack, Julie, Sue and Tom – find themselves abruptly orphaned. All the routines of childhood are then cast aside as the children adapt to a now parentless world. Alone in the house together, the children’s lives twist into something unrecognisable as the outside begins to bear down on them.