Eye Contact Hardcover - 2006
by McGovern, Cammie
- Used
- Hardcover
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 can't tell the police what he saw or 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 Adam's 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 struggles and the victories that 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 won't 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.
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- Title Eye Contact
- Author McGovern, Cammie
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st/1st
- Condition New
- Pages 290
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Viking Adult, New York
- Date 2006-06-01
- Bookseller's Inventory # 142303270042
- ISBN 9780670037650 / 0670037656
- Weight 1.08 lbs (0.49 kg)
- Dimensions 9.16 x 6.2 x 1.06 in (23.27 x 15.75 x 2.69 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006046130
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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