Book description
A page-turning, beautifully written novel from the critically-acclaimed
author of Forgive Me, How to be Lost and Sleep Toward Heaven.
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. Amanda Eyre Ward was born in New York City, and graduated
from Williams College and the University of Montana. Her short stories
have been published in various literary reviews and magazines. She is
the author of the critically acclaimed and award-winning novel 'Sleep
Towards Heaven' and 'How to be Lost', and was named by the New York Post
as one of five Writers to Watch in 2003. She lives in Austin, Texas,
with her husband, geologist Tip Meckel.
