This is a reading companion for Atonement by Ian McEwan

Atonement is one of those texts that should really be read twice and to reflect that, I've produced a reading companion which points you in the right directions for your first reading, followed by a hugely comprehensive body of writing to accompany you as you read it a second time for deeper meaning.

This reading companion is ideally intended for students who would like to have a more informal way into the text although in truth anyone is welcome to read it. It started for me as a little guide for my own students that I began writing and it quickly got out of hand and morphed into something a lot bigger. In truth, this is more a labour of love than anything else and I hope that through reading this, you get a sense of that too.

Richard Rowe is an English Teacher and Ian McEwan obsessive. He does not generally think of himself as an author and spent two years sitting on this text before he managed to get over himself and publish it. His other interests include obsessing over soccer, cooking a mean roast dinner and having family movie nights at home.