Would you like to see this page in English? Click here.

 

ou
Ouvrez une session pour activer Commander en 1-Click.
 
 
D'autres produits offerts
50 neufs & d'occasion à partir de CDN$ 0.01
Vous en avez un à vendre? Vendez les vôtres ici
 
   
Eye Contact
 
Agrandissez cette image 
Partagez vos propres images client
Editeur: découvrez commment les clients peuvent feuilleter et chercher au coeur de ce livre.

Eye Contact (Paperback)

de Cammie Mcgovern (Author)
4.0étoiles sur 5  Voir tous les commentaires (1 évaluation de client)
Prix éditeur: CDN$ 17.50
Price: CDN$ 12.78 & se qualifie pour Livraison super-économique GRATUITE pour des commandes de plus de CDN$ 39. Détails
Vous économisez : CDN$ 4.72 (27%)
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
En stock.
Vendu et expédié par Amazon.ca.

Seulement 1 en stock--commandez bientôt (nous en attendons d'autres).

10 neufs à partir de CDN$ 8.59 40 d'occasion à partir de CDN$ 0.01
Looking for Textbooks? Save up to 37% on New--and up to 90% on Used
Hit the books in Amazon.ca's Textbook Store and save up to 37% on over 100,000 new textbooks shipped from and sold by Amazon.ca. For even bigger savings, get up to 90% off the list price of thousands of used listings. Learn more.

Les détails du produit

Descriptions du produit

From Publishers Weekly

This is a difficult book for a reader. Fletcher has a clean, clear voice for the narrator and for Cara, mother of an autistic child who is found in the woods near the dead body of a retarded girl. But her other voices are unconvincing; they all sound so off that it's hard to distinguish autistic children and adults from those who aren't. Morgan, the boy who solves the murder, sounds like a deranged adult, while young Chris, who lures a teen bully into the woods, sounds like a peculiar man uttering short, jerky words and phrases. Although wrapped like a mystery, this is really a book about autism, about the numerous forms it can take, about parents who do or don't devote themselves to understanding and helping their children. All of this is genuinely interesting, but as a novel it's contrived. The children's interior monologues give the reader a glimpse into their thought processes, but are so detailed they don't ring true. (One child distinguishes between "mean" and "cruel" behavior-verbal vs. physical abuse.) The mystery is less compelling than the author's valuable insights into our "compassion, disdain, terror and pity" for these youngsters.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --Ce texte provient de la Audio CD édition.

From AudioFile

A child has been murdered, and the only witness won't talk. This is fairly common stuff in murder mysteries, but this witness is a boy locked up by autism. Adam's view of the world around him is interesting, and the plot itself is thought provoking since the reader hears about an assortment of people with communication challenges as the mystery untangles. Julia Fletcher offers a flawless reading that steps back to allow the listener to become absorbed in the story. Unobtrusive and clear, Adam's voice calmly sheds light on the difficulty of moving through a complicated world searching for one's strengths. L.B.F. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --Ce texte provient de la Audio CD édition.
Voir toutes les Descriptions du produit

Associer des mots-clés à ce produit

 (De quoi s'agit-il ?)
Considérez votre mot-clé comme une sorte d'étiquette définissant parfaitement ce produit.
Les mots-clés aident les clients à organiser et trouver leurs articles favoris.
Vos mots-clés : Ajouter votre premier mot-clé
 
Voir les mots-clés les plus populaires
 

L'avis des consommateurs

1 Evaluation
5 étoiles:    (0)
4 étoiles:
 (1)
3 étoiles:    (0)
2 étoiles:    (0)
1 étoiles:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Évaluation du client type
4.0étoiles sur 5 (1 évaluation de client)
 
 
 
 
Partagez votre opinion avec les autres clients:
Commentaires client les plus utiles

 
0 internautes sur 6 ont trouvé ce commentaire utile :
4.0étoiles sur 5 Two Autistic Minds Are Better Than One, Sep 9 2006
Par BeatleBangs1964 (United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires
(TOP 500 REVIEWER)   
This review is from: Eye Contact (Hardcover)
Cara, 31 and her 9-year-old son Adam cope with autism. Adam has an especially severe form of it; he is marginally verbal; insists on routines and does not engage in imaginitive play. Cara is a single mother who works diligently with the boy after he was diagnosed with autism at age 3.

Cara coped with differently abled people all of her life. When she was in elementary school, her classmate and later to become friend Kevin was severely injured in an accident, leaving him with permanent physical limitations. Her best friend Suzette becomes agoraphobic in early adulthood and sequesters herself in her family home after sharing a flat with Cara.

Cara says that Adam "learned to please her" and "to make her happy" by pretending to use a banana as a telephone after she insisted he do this. Forcing that kind of "pretend play" does not spark imagination; rather, for many people with autism, it is only natural to wonder "what on earth is fun about pretending a banana is a phone? And neurotypicals (NTs) talk about us and the way we play! At least we don't pretend to use edible telephones!" That was my immediate response. Donna Williams addresses this issue as well in her books about autism; what people learn to do is "give the desired response." How right she is!

Cara and Adam's world is irrevocably changed when Adam's 10-year-old classmate Amelia is found murdered near the school playground. Sadly, Adam is a suspect and it takes some clever sleuthing on the part of a 13-year-old boy with Asperger's Syndrome to crack the case. Morgan, the older child as well as other children in his "special social support group" have been targeted by bullies and subjected to extreme cruelty. Morgan takes an interest in Adam and in time, the pair bond in a fashion. Morgan will go to the mat for Adam and, it appears Adam senses this. Both have special interests; Adam the opera which he loves to hear and Morgan, trains and other obscure topics which catch his interest.

I loved it when Morgan's classmate Emma explains to him why the other children found it hard to listen to him provide detailed explanations of his interests; I loved it even more when Emma tells him that he was not asked to tutor another child as a reward, but because she "heard the teachers talking and they paired children with problems to help each other." I am so glad that truth has been brought to light as I have known bright children on the a/A spectrum who disliked tutoring and saw it for what it really was. Emma hit the bull's eye on that one.

This is an excellent and riveting book that portrays autistic characters in a realistic light. Amelia, the casualty of the story was on the spectrum as well - her diagnosis was PDD-NOS (Pervasive Developmental Disorder - Not Otherwise Specified). The ending was a bit of a surprise, but Adam's good nature shown all throughout the story. I recommend this along with Mark Haddon's book, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time." I want more books like this that show autistic people in a realistic light and give autistic characters a place in the literary sun.
Aidez d'autres clients à trouver les commentaires les plus utiles  
Ce commentaire vous a-t-il été utile ? Oui Non

Partagez votre opinion avec les autres clients: Créer votre propre commentaire
 
 
Rechercher uniquement sur les commentaires portant sur ce produit


Listmania!

Créer une liste thématique Listmania!

Cherchez des articles semblables par catégorie

Chercher des articles semblables par sujet











c.-à-d., chaque book doit correspondre au sujet 1 ET au sujet 2 ET ...

Commentaires

Souhaitez-vous compléter ou améliorer les informations sur ce produit ? Ou faire modifier les images?

Votre historique récent

 (En savoir plus)

Après avoir visualisé des pages détaillées produit ou des résultats de recherche, regardez ici pour trouver une façon simple de poursuivre votre navigation sur des pages qui vous intéressent.