{"product_id":"eye-contact-isbn-9780143038900","title":"Eye Contact","description":"Like \u003ci\u003eThe Lovely Bones\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eEye Contact\u003c\/i\u003e, 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, \u003ci\u003eEye Contact\u003c\/i\u003e becomes a heart-stopping exploration of the bond between a mother and a very special child.An airtight thriller that illuminates the exhausting, isolating realities of parenting special- needs children. (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn enticing drama. (\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeeply moving, actually gripping . . . Cammie McGovern . . . brings to the page an empathetic understanding of the lock that autism places on a motherÆs child. (\u003ci\u003eNew York Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEye Contact\u003c\/i\u003e is a page-turner. . . . But itÆs also . . . a nuanced, poignant exploration of how all of usùwith or without autismùstruggle to find our place in the world. (Curtis Sittenfeld, author of \u003ci\u003ePrep\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo detailed and illuminating are McGovernÆs 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. (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e)Cammie McGovern was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford and received the Nelson Algren Award in short fiction. Her work has been published in \u003cb\u003eRedbook\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eSeventeen\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eGlimmer Train\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eTriQuarterly\u003c\/b\u003e, and other publications. This is her second novel.\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301984620773,"sku":"NP9780143038900","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143038900.jpg?v=1767726576","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/eye-contact-isbn-9780143038900","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}