Atonement by Ian McEwan is a profoundly moving 2001 Booker Prize-shortlisted novel about thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis, who mistakes a flirtation between her sister, Cecilia, and a servant's son, Robbie Turner, as a crime. Her false accusation ruins their lives,, with the story covering the consequences through WWII and Briony's attempts at redemption.