Book description
Bestselling author Torey Hayden's novel is a fascinating study of a
fractured family, a troubled child, and a psychiatrist's attempts to
rescue them.
Conor, aged nine, arrives in the play therapy room of child
psychiatrist James Innes with the diagnosis "autistic". His
mother Laura, an aloof, enigmatic novelist, can't handle him. His
rancher father, embroiled in divorcing Laura, does not feel there is
anything wrong with Conor.
His six year old sister Morgana insists he really does see ghosts.
As James becomes convinced Conor is not autistic, he is drawn first
into Conor's strange world of "things the cat knows" and then
into Morgana's stories of her friend the "Lion King".
James is pulled most deeply, however, into Laura's world; at first that
of a lonely, rather difficult woman and then, eventually, into the world
of her imagination, an enthralling world that seems almost real - and
that hides a terrible secret. 'Torey Hayden deserves the kind of
respect I can't give many people. She isn't just valuable, she's
incredible. The world needs more like Torey Hayden.' Boston Globe Born
in Montana, USA, Torey Hayden has spent most of her adult life working
with children in distress. Now living in Great Britain, she divides her
time between writing and volunteer work with several British charities.
Torey is author of numerous internationally best-selling books about her
experiences as a special education teacher and therapist. She has also
written two novels and two children's books.
Find her at www. torey-hayden. com
