Saturday by Ian McEwan

Astounding book, I literally couldn't put it down. This is one day in the life of Henry, a neurosurgeon, and we see what happens to him in one, very crowded day. The story is gripping, I couldn't wait to see what happened next. The way he avoids being beaten up in a deserted street in London after a run in with some yobs must be unique! Worth reading again to catch up on the bits I missed first time round.

There a passage where he goes to visit his 78 year old mother, in a home in Perivale suffering from dementia. This is so moving it literally had me in tears. Even more moving was when he describes going swimming with his class at school and his mother, who had been a competitive swimmer, was finishing up a training session and all the boys watched her flashing through the water and doing tumble turns. His pride in her was overwhelming. Wonderful book, I loved it.