The Lazarus Child

Synopsis of The Lazarus Child

«The Lazarus Child» is the novel by Robert Mawson, published by Bantam in paperback (472 pages, in English).

Jack and Alison Heywood watch as their two children suffer a serious traffic accident: Frankie, aged seven, falls into a coma and her brother Ben is left deeply traumatised. When the doctors lose hope, the family turns to an experimental clinic in the United States run by neurologist Elizabeth Chase, whose work challenges the limits of established medicine and attracts pressure from the justice system and the media.

Novel published in 1999.