Ned was beside me, his messages running easily through him, with space between each one, coming through him like water. He was the go-between, going between the animal kingdom and this one. I watched the waves as they rolled and crashed towards us, one after another, never stopping, always changing. I knew what was making them come, I had been there and I would always know.
Meet Jimmy Flick. He's not like other kids - he's both too fast and too slow. He sees too much, and too little. Jimmy's mother Paula is the only one who can manage him. She teaches him how to count sheep so that he can fall asleep. She holds him tight enough to stop his cells spinning. It is only Paula who can keep Jimmy out of his father's way. But when Jimmy's world falls apart, he has to navigate the unfathomable world on his own, and make things right.
Sofie Laguna's first novel One Foot Wrong received rave reviews, sold all over the world and was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Award. In The Eye of the Sheep, her great originality and talent will again amaze and move readers. In the tradition of Room and The Lovely Bones, here is a surprising and brilliant novel from one of our finest writers.
The Eye of the Sheep Part 2
Laguna has depicted extremely well the life of an alcoholic and those around them. The love, the despair, the forgiveness A mothers love for her child, closing out everyone else, and her continual worry about what will happen if she wasn't there to protect him. A child's deep and forgiving love for a parent This is a confronting story that is written with compassion and well researched. There is swearing but it is not overly done and it fits with the characters and scenes. After reading Jimmy's story you will know where the crying is made. Reviewed by Veronica
QBD, 31/07/2014
The Eye of the Sheep Part 1
Jimmy lives with his mother, father and brother, Robbie. He is not like other kids and his mother believes she is the only one that can manage him. But when their family of four becomes a family of two she worries how Jimmy will cope if anything ever happens to her.Jimmy tells the reader a story about his life and the people that mean everything to him, his family. Although its not spelled out in words it seems apparent that Jimmy suffers from Aspergers Syndrome. The repetition of speech, sometimes going too fast at other times too slow and taking things said literally and having a deep perception of all around and within him Jimmys mother feels that she is the only one to manage him so she shuts everyone else out, including Jimmys father. Through Jimmy and the conversations he overhears we get to know the other characters and their thoughts and feelings. Reviewed by Veronica
QBD, 31/07/2014
