Cat's Eye

Cat's Eye

1988 • 445 pages

Ratings45

Average rating3.9

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**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.


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Kind of a slog. Very well-written, but I cared a lot less about most of the story post-high school.

May 19, 2014
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Not my favourite Atwood novel, but still, she can do no wrong. A vivid and compelling insight into chldhood bullying.

November 17, 2010

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