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Like The Lovely Bones and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Cammie McGovern s breakout novel is at once a hypnotic thriller and an affecting portrait of people as real as our next-door neighbors. In Eye Contact, two children vanish in the woods behind their elementary school. Hours later, nine-year-old Adam is found alive, the sole witness to his playmate s murder. But because Adam has autism, he is a silent witness. Only his mother, Cara, can help decode his behavior for the police. As the suspense ratchets, Eye Contact becomes a heart-stopping exploration of the bond between a mother and a very special child."
Like The Lovely Bones and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Cammie McGovern s breakout novel is at once a hypnotic thriller and an affecting portrait of people as real as our next-door neighbors. In Eye Contact, two children vanish in the woods behind their elementary school. Hours later, nine-year-old Adam is found alive, the sole witness to his playmate s murder. But because Adam has autism, he is a silent witness. Only his mother, Cara, can help decode his behavior for the police. As the suspense ratchets, Eye Contact becomes a heart-stopping exploration of the bond between a mother and a very special child."
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Review:
An enticing drama. ("Entertainment Weekly")
"Eye Contact" is a page-turner. . . . But its also . . . a nuanced, poignant exploration of how all of uswith or without autismstruggle to find our place in the world. (Curtis Sittenfeld, author of "Prep")
So detailed and illuminating are McGoverns descriptions of Adam . . . that she offers, in essence, a primer on the nature of autism. Eye Contact is compelling by virtue of its spiky and in-transition characters. Psychologically rich and sensationally eventful. ("Chicago Tribune")
"Eye Contact" is a page-turner. . . . But itas also . . . a nuanced, poignant exploration of how all of usawith or without autismastruggle to find our place in the world. (Curtis Sittenfeld, author of "Prep")
So detailed and illuminating are McGovernas descriptions of Adam . . . that she offers, in essence, a primer on the nature of autism. Eye Contact is compelling by virtue of its spiky and in-transition characters. Psychologically rich and sensationally eventful. ("Chicago Tribune")
"Eye Contact" is a page-turner. . . . But it s also . . . a nuanced, poignant exploration of how all of us with or without autism struggle to find our place in the world. (Curtis Sittenfeld, author of "Prep")
So detailed and illuminating are McGovern s descriptions of Adam . . . that she offers, in essence, a primer on the nature of autism. Eye Contact is compelling by virtue of its spiky and in-transition characters. Psychologically rich and sensationally eventful. ("Chicago Tribune")
"Eye Contact" is a page-turner. . . . But it's also . . . a nuanced, poignant exploration of how all of us-with or without autism-struggle to find our place in the world. (Curtis Sittenfeld, author of "Prep")
Deeply moving, actually gripping . . . Cammie McGovern . . . brings to the page an empathetic understanding of the lock that autism places on a mother's child. ("New York Daily News")
So detailed and illuminating are McGovern's descriptions of Adam . . . that she offers, in essence, a primer on the nature of autism. Eye Contact is compelling by virtue of its spiky and in-transition characters. Psychologically rich and sensationally eventful. ("Chicago Tribune")
An airtight thriller that illuminates the exhausting, isolating realities of parenting special- needs children. (People)
An enticing drama. (Entertainment Weekly)
Deeply moving, actually gripping . . . Cammie McGovern . . . brings to the page an empathetic understanding of the lock that autism places on a motherAEs child. (New York Daily News)
Eye Contact is a page-turner. . . . But itAEs also . . . a nuanced, poignant exploration of how all of usuwith or without autismustruggle to find our place in the world. (Curtis Sittenfeld, author of Prep)
So detailed and illuminating are McGovernAEs descriptions of Adam . . . that she offers, in essence, a primer on the nature of autism. Eye Contact is compelling by virtue of its spiky and in-transition characters. Psychologically rich and sensationally eventful. (Chicago Tribune)"
About the Author:
"Eye Contact" is a page-turner. . . . But its also . . . a nuanced, poignant exploration of how all of uswith or without autismstruggle to find our place in the world. (Curtis Sittenfeld, author of "Prep")
So detailed and illuminating are McGoverns descriptions of Adam . . . that she offers, in essence, a primer on the nature of autism. Eye Contact is compelling by virtue of its spiky and in-transition characters. Psychologically rich and sensationally eventful. ("Chicago Tribune")
"Eye Contact" is a page-turner. . . . But itas also . . . a nuanced, poignant exploration of how all of usawith or without autismastruggle to find our place in the world. (Curtis Sittenfeld, author of "Prep")
So detailed and illuminating are McGovernas descriptions of Adam . . . that she offers, in essence, a primer on the nature of autism. Eye Contact is compelling by virtue of its spiky and in-transition characters. Psychologically rich and sensationally eventful. ("Chicago Tribune")
"Eye Contact" is a page-turner. . . . But it s also . . . a nuanced, poignant exploration of how all of us with or without autism struggle to find our place in the world. (Curtis Sittenfeld, author of "Prep")
So detailed and illuminating are McGovern s descriptions of Adam . . . that she offers, in essence, a primer on the nature of autism. Eye Contact is compelling by virtue of its spiky and in-transition characters. Psychologically rich and sensationally eventful. ("Chicago Tribune")
"Eye Contact" is a page-turner. . . . But it's also . . . a nuanced, poignant exploration of how all of us-with or without autism-struggle to find our place in the world. (Curtis Sittenfeld, author of "Prep")
Deeply moving, actually gripping . . . Cammie McGovern . . . brings to the page an empathetic understanding of the lock that autism places on a mother's child. ("New York Daily News")
So detailed and illuminating are McGovern's descriptions of Adam . . . that she offers, in essence, a primer on the nature of autism. Eye Contact is compelling by virtue of its spiky and in-transition characters. Psychologically rich and sensationally eventful. ("Chicago Tribune")
An airtight thriller that illuminates the exhausting, isolating realities of parenting special- needs children. (People)
An enticing drama. (Entertainment Weekly)
Deeply moving, actually gripping . . . Cammie McGovern . . . brings to the page an empathetic understanding of the lock that autism places on a motherAEs child. (New York Daily News)
Eye Contact is a page-turner. . . . But itAEs also . . . a nuanced, poignant exploration of how all of usuwith or without autismustruggle to find our place in the world. (Curtis Sittenfeld, author of Prep)
So detailed and illuminating are McGovernAEs descriptions of Adam . . . that she offers, in essence, a primer on the nature of autism. Eye Contact is compelling by virtue of its spiky and in-transition characters. Psychologically rich and sensationally eventful. (Chicago Tribune)"
Cammie McGovern was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford and received the Nelson Algren Award in short fiction. Her work has been published in Redbook, Seventeen, Glimmer Train, TriQuarterly, and other publications. This is her second novel.
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- PublisherCenter Point Pub
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1585477699
- ISBN 13 9781585477692
- BindingLibrary Binding
- Number of pages367
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