Atonement (novel) Atonement (novel) Atonement is a 2001 British metafiction novel written by Ian McEwan concerning the understanding of and responding to the need for personal atonement. Set in three time periods, 1935 England, Second World War England and France, and present-day England, it covers an upper-class girl's half-innocent mistake that ruins lives, her adulthood in the shadow of that mistake, and a reflection on the nature of writing. Widely regarded as one of McEwan's best works, it was shortlisted for the 2001 Booker Prize for fiction. In 2010, "TIME" magazine named "Atonement" in its list of the 100 greatest English-language novels
Sarah Dunn (author) episode of the series. Dunn is also a novelist whose works include 'The Big Love' (2005), 'Secrets to Happiness' (2009), and 'The Arrangement' (2017). Her books have been translated into 19 different languages. Dunn is a member of the all-female television writer group “The Ladies Room”, which also includes Vanessa McCarthy, Stephanie Birkitt, and Julie Bean. The group was founded in July 2016. Dunn is married to former New York Observer executive editor Peter Stevenson. They married in 2007. Sarah Dunn (author) Sarah Dunn (born 1970) is an American author and television writer. She is known for her novels 'The