- Hardcover: 272 pages
- Publisher: HarperPress; First Edition edition (3 Mar 2011)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007233876
- ISBN-13: 978-0007233878
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15.7 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 104,567 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Amanda Ward's CLOSE YOUR EYES is electrifying, a literary whodunit of the first order – breathless and disturbing and hopeful and true. You won't be able to look away. People will be talking about this book.' Justin Cronin, author of THE PASSAGE
'CLOSE YOUR EYES is a wonder. Amanda Eyre Ward has given us finely spun mystery with complex, absorbing characters and lovely prose. A true literary page-turner in the best sense of the word.' Katie Crouch, author of Girls in Trucks and Men and Dogs
‘I absolutely loved thsi beautiful, haunting story of a woman who learns to come to terms with a dark, deep family secret. This is the kind of book that hooks you right in, brings tears to your eyes, and ends on a note of shining hope. Lauren Mahdian will feel like your sister, your best friend.’ Tatiana de Rosnay, author of Sarah's Key and A Secret Kept
'Amanda Eyre Ward goes straight to the heart of her complex, nuanced characters, and with empathy and insight she lays them bare. As a reader, you're powerless against the elegance of her prose and the emotional honesty of her story. You'll close the cover on this book, but you won't forget it.' Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of 'Fragile'
'Amanda Eyre Ward has given us a book that is both beautifully wrought and intensely gripping. I was transfixed by this story of a woman haunted by brutal loss but making her brave, difficult way toward truth.' Marisa de los Santos, New York Times bestselling author of 'Love Walked In'
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'Electrifying, a literary whodunit of the first order…You won't be able to look away. People will be talking about this book.' Justin Cronin, author of THE PASSAGE
My father smelled like cigarettes and cardamom. When I was small, and wanted comfort, he would put down the wooden spoon when he was cooking, or the pen when he was writing. Always, he would halt what he was doing and crouch down. I pressed my cheek to his warm chest. In his arms, I was safe.
The savage murder of eight-year-old Lauren’s mother, and the sentencing of her father Izaan to life imprisonment for the murder, tears her world apart. As an adult, she can’t understand why she has panic attacks, is unable to accept her boyfriend’s marriage proposal, or listen to her brother Alex attempt to convince her of their father’s innocence and wrongful imprisonment.
Meanwhile, Sylvia Hall is running away from her loser boyfriend, determined to keep the baby he doesn’t want. She knows her best friend since childhood, Victoria, will help her – but Victoria has her own problems that threaten to consume her.
All three women are connected by tragedy and betrayal: ‘Close Your Eyes’ is a heart-breaking page-turner about what happens when a family is destroyed.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The world of eight-year-old Lauren Mahdan falls apart when her mother is murdered and Lauren's father is arrested for the killing. Whilst her brother Alex believes in their father's innocence, Lauren cuts off from her father completely.
Lauren grows into troubled adulthood, unable to commit to her loving boyfriend Gerry, her only security her brother Alex - then Alex goes away. In another part of the US pregnant Sylvia Hall is running away from her home seeking refuge with her childhood friend Victoria. But Victoria has problems of her own.
This is a story of family tragedy and the lives of three women whose lives are connected. Unbeknown to Lauren, her happiness and salvation is linked to the other two, but can and will they help her.
Beautifully written, a compelling read. Recommended.
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Lizzie Hayes
Lauren grows into troubled adulthood, unable to commit to her loving boyfriend Gerry, her only security her brother Alex - then Alex goes away. In another part of the US pregnant Sylvia Hall is running away from her home seeking refuge with her childhood friend Victoria. But Victoria has problems of her own.
This is a story of family tragedy and the lives of three women whose lives are connected. Unbeknown to Lauren, her happiness and salvation is linked to the other two, but can and will they help her.
Beautifully written, a compelling read. Recommended.
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Lizzie Hayes
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Close Your Eyes is actually based upon a true story and overall it is a story of a family tragedy, revenge and a search for the truth. It is the way this book is written which makes it an absorbing read and although I wouldn't describe it as a book I couldn't put down - as I did put it down several times - there was something compelling about it which made me pick it up again and want to finish it. The story itself whilst not gripping, has intriguing qualities which the author can take much credit from, as her writing style is excellent and reminds me a little of author Maggie O'Farrell. I am sure fans of Maggie O'Farrell's work will enjoy this book.
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