| Cat's Eye Contributor(s): Atwood, Margaret (Author) |
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ISBN: 0385491026 ISBN-13: 9780385491020 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1998 Annotation: Cat's Eye is the story of Elaine Risley, a controversial painter who returns to Toronto, the city of her youth, for a retrospective of her art. Engulfed by vivid images of the past, she reminisces about a trio of girls who initiated her into the fierce politics of childhood and its secret world of friendship, longing, and betrayal. Elaine must come to terms with her own identity as a daughter, a lover, an artist, and a woman--but above all she must seek release from her haunting memories. Disturbing, hilarious, and compassionate, Cat's Eye is a breathtaking novel of a woman grappling with the tangled knot of her life. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Coming Of Age - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Psychological |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 850 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.26" W x 8.1" (0.79 lbs) 480 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 10107 Reading Level: 6.1 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 22.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale Cat's Eye is the story of Elaine Risley, a controversial painter who returns to Toronto, the city of her youth, for a retrospective of her art. Engulfed by vivid images of the past, she reminisces about a trio of girls who initiated her into the the fierce politics of childhood and its secret world of friendship, longing, and betrayal. Elaine must come to terms with her own identity as a daughter, a lover, an artist, and a woman--but above all she must seek release form her haunting memories. Disturbing, humorous, and compassionate--and a finalist for the Booker Prize--Cat's Eye is a breathtaking novel of a woman grappling with the tangled knot of her life. |