Cat's Eye "Cat's Eye is the story of Elaine Risley, a controversial painter who returns to Toronto, the city of her youth, for a retrospective of her art. Engulfed by vivid images of the past, she reminisces about a trio of girls who initiated her into the fierce politics of childhood and its secret world of friendship, longing, and betrayal. Elaine must come to terms with her own identity as a daughter, a lover, an artist, and a woman—but above all she must seek release from her haunting memories. Disturbing, hilarious, and compassionate, Cat's Eye is a breathtaking novel of a woman grappling with the tangled knot of her life. "  —The Publisher. Home Biography Novels Short Fiction Poetry Site Awards Excerpts from Cat's Eye Excerpt: "Time is not a line but a dimension..." - eReader.com Plot Synopses Plot Summary - Fiona Capp, The Age Education Book Reviews The New York Times, 1989 Time Magazine, 1989 Essays on Cat's Eye Science for Feminists: Margaret Atwood's Body of Knowledge - June Deery Constructing the Self Through Memory: Cat's Eye as a Novel of Female Development - Carol Osborne Surviving Women: A Study of Margaret Atwood's Protagonists - Master's Thesis, Kelly S. Reese Study Guides and Miscellaneous Resources Reader's Companion to Cat's Eye - Books@Random Interview with M.A. about Cat's Eye - Books@Random General Notes on Cat's Eye - Skoool.ie Other Cat's Eye Trivia Quiz to Margaret Atwood's Novels to Margaret Atwood Luminarium Copyright ©1996-2007 Anniina Jokinen. All Rights Reserved. Book cover images remain under the copyright of their respective copyright owners. This page created on December 18, 2006 by Anniina Jokinen. Last updated January 3, 2007. About this Website | Luminarium Privacy Statement. Margaret Atwood has become not just a major Canadian Writer, and a woman writer (whom some would call a Feminist Writer), but an award-winning author of English literature. Her works include novels, short stories, poetry, etc.