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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…
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50 editions · 15 languages- Paperback · English · 2011Emblem Editions · 496 pages · 9780771008931
- Hardcover · English · 2009Bloomsbury Publishing PLC · 9781408802809
- Paperback · English · 1998Anchor Books · 477 pages · 9780385491020
- Paperback · English · 1997Virago Press · 421 pages · 9781853811265
- Paperback · English · 1991BDD Promotional Books Company · 9780792425281
- Audiobook · English · 1989Random House Audio · 9780553452037
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