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Eye Contact - McGovern, Cammie - Hardcover - Good
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- Condition
- Release Year
- 2006
- ISBN
- 9780670037650
- Book Title
- Eye Contact
- Item Length
- 9.3in
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2006
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Psychological, Family Life, Thrillers / Suspense, Mystery & Detective / General
- Item Width
- 6.2in
- Item Weight
- 17.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
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A young girl has been murdered and the only witness is a child who cannot tell what he saw In the woods of a small town, Adam, a nine-year-old autistic boy, is discovered hiding near to the body of his classmate. They both wandered off from the school playground several hours earlier, and now the police are relying on Adam as the only witness to an appalling crime. But he cant tell the police what he sawor what he heard. Barely verbal on the best of days, Adam has retreated into a silent world that Cara, his mother, knows only too well. With her community in shock and her son unable to help with the police investigation, Cara tries to decode the puzzling events. Adam has never broken the rules before, so why did he disappear with the little girl during recess? As a single mother, Cara has devoted her life to opening paths of communication between her son and the outside world. Now, she must interpret the changes in Adams behavior not only to help him through the trauma, but to help the police catch a killer. Cammie McGovern brings her own experience as the mother of an autistic child to articulate the strugglesand the victoriesthat consume the lives of parents raising children with special needs. A powerful story of the tangled emotional bond between mother and son, and a thrilling novel of psychological suspense, "Eye Contact" wont let you go. Lovers of "Mystic River" will be captivated by this fresh and fascinating journey into the world of a child in crisis and a mother who longs to bring him through unscathed. BACKCOVER: "Eye Contact" is a page-turner and I tore through it in twenty-four hours. But its more than thatits also a nuanced, poignant exploration of how all of us, with or without autism, struggle to find our place in the world. Cammie McGovern writes with grace and compassion. Curtis Sittenfeld, author of "Prep" "Cammie McGovern makes a satisfying marriage between an exploration of one of modern parenthood's greatest frustrations--autism--and murder mystery. Moreover, she displays considerable insight into the complex, often cruel hierarchies of childhood." Lionel Shriver, author of "We Need to Talk About Kevin" Once in a blue moon comes a literary thriller so full of our everyday lives that it rocks you back on your heels. This is it! This book. These sweet, funny, heartbreaking characters--these mothers and sons, broken friends and lovers--including one unforgettable little boy whose last gesture in those deadly, mysterious woods recalls our lost innocence. "Eye Contact" is a thrilling mystery tautly told, and beautifully realized. In it, Cammie McGovern leads us through the shadowlands of our own hometowns where words break down and paranoias proliferate, even as we yearn for one lost moment of fluency. This is a book of secrets that will change you. Michael Paterniti, New York Times bestselling author of "Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein's Brain" Twin mysteries lie at the heart of this riveting and unforgettable novel: the identity and motives of a child-killer, and the inscrutable workings of an autistic boys mind. Only a writer like McGovern, whose brilliant gift for storytelling keeps pace with her unflinching emotional acuity, could take on both mysteries and succeed with such power and grace. Julie Orringer, author of "How To Breathe Underwater" "In the tradition of "The CuriousIncident of the Dog in the Nighttime," Cammie McGovern delivers a compelling murder mystery that intrigues as much by what it hides as by what it so deftly reveals--the stark, poignant, deeply intimate moments in the lives of people living with autism and those who love them." Patricia Stacey, author of "The Boy Who Loved Windows."
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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0670037656
ISBN-13
9780670037650
eBay Product ID (ePID)
50872926
Product Key Features
Book Title
Eye Contact
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Psychological, Family Life, Thrillers / Suspense, Mystery & Detective / General
Publication Year
2006
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.2in
Item Weight
17.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps3613.C49e96 2006b
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
Copyright Date
2006
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2006-046130
Dewey Decimal
813/.6
Dewey Edition
22
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