Eye Contact - Audio CD - Unabridged Author:Cammie McGovern, Julia Fletcher (Narrator) When a young girl is murdered, the only witness is a severely autistic boy. This acclaimed novel plumbs two mysteries: an appalling crime and the inscrutable workings of a locked-in mind. Two children wander off from their school playground during recess. Hours later, they are found in the woods: one murdered, the other hiding near the body. Ada... more »m, the survivor and the only witness, is a nine-year-old autistic boy who cannot describe what he saw or heard. Barely verbal on the best of days, Adam has retreated into a silence that Cara, his mother, knows only too well. As a single mother, she 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 of his experience, but also to help the police catch a killer. A powerful story of the emotional bond between mother and son, and a thrilling novel of psychological suspense, this is a fascinating journey into the mind of a child in crisis and a mother determined to bring him through unscathed.
unabridged - 8 CDs - 9.5 hours - read by Julia Fletcher« less
This was an unusual book and the author clearly has had contact with an autistic child. The only criticism is that she crowded the picture with a few superfluous characters. I enjoyed the book.