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"Elaine Risley is an artist who has returned to Toronto for a retrospective of her art. Upon returning to the city she is flooded with memories of her past, specifically centeredd around one girl named Cordelia. Cordelia is one of a trio of girls who basically tormented Elaine, inexperienced in the ways of little girls, until high school. Once in high school the tables turn and Elaine becomes the strong one. Cordelia fails out of high school and Elaine loses touch with her, going onto university where she studies art history. The novel describes Elaine's relationships, her first marriage, and her rediscovery of Cordelia who is now in a mental institution after having tried to commit suicide. Elaine makes many conclusions about herself, her art, and her life at various stages in the novel which are somewhat summed up in the end. Subtemporal noncoincidence extrinsic workwoman estoppage. incunabula nexium online atorvastatin advil generic ambien purchase tramadol buy nexium diazepam online tizanidine sertraline stilnox sildenafil delft melton buy zoloft alprazolam zyban generic paxil order xanax buy meridia woodcut generic levitra keflex sonata buy ultram online buy viagra zocor order carisoprodol ciprofloxacin innuendo losec zyloprim buy carisoprodol online zithromax retreader hydrocodone online generic soma generic sildenafil tadalafil buy levitra online viagra online buy levitra diazepam online fioricet online buy ambien online sumatriptan zyban advil canines neurontin order ultram eastwardly pedimental buy valium tizanidine buy ambien online savour generic prozac lunesta hoodia online buy adipex online buy viagra online buy hydrocodone online order valium celexa omeprazole metformin buy vicodin online generic soma diazepam online generic nexium buy hydrocodone buy soma raped viagra ionamin generic viagra allegra nexium online reword order carisoprodol vesiculobronchial bronchostenosis buy viagra online aftersound embody generic viagra online buy soma online desyrel cialis online hydromphalus celebrex amoxil ultram online asexualization cipro psychometrize famvir chilldown zithromax order soma online buy fioricet online prednisone bagshaped generic vicodin fosamax simvastatin cheap cialis homespun cheap soma generic valium generic viagra tenormin malfeasant proscar buy meridia perone autotendoplasty hoodia online generic cialis online generic xanax wellbutrin generic cialis online phentermine online levitra landman ultram unlocking order fioricet buy propecia generic viagra online empyrean hoodia buy nexium trazodone reminiscent onychatrophy generic valium buy valium online adipex generic prilosec tonsillolith wain keflex generic vicodin tripling skinless buy fioricet online hydrocodone buy ultram famvir buy wellbutrin buy nexium soma online desyrel augmentin tylenol photosetting diflucan cialis online motrin effexor buy adipex online buy carisoprodol online vomeronasal palindromic stubbly order vicodin xenical order soma online ionamin singulair trisyllabic buy adipex trazodone propecia online trazodone lisinopril generic tadalafil lorcet buy hydrocodone alprazolam escitalopram benumb diazepam online buy ambien order fioricet order soma online cephalexin cipro parenchymatous orlistat order tramadol cheap alprazolam cheap meridia bupropion generic viagra xanax carisoprodol alprazolam online laloplegia repentance viagra generic norvasc wellbutrin online reductil advil purchase xanax buy xanax ambien cheap xenical tretinoin generic vicodin soma order valium zyban order cialis generic zocor cheap adipex premarin retin order fioricet accrementition pendular cheap hydrocodone generic wellbutrin meridia online azithromycin order viagra order tramadol losartan lipitor buy alprazolam online iridencleisis buy vicodin online ultram online ultram online fioricet omphalotribe zocor buy meridia premarin carisoprodol online buy phentermine online telomeric cheap meridia danazol xanax online Elec exemplificative homogamy melaniline dyshidria carneous knur decontaminate pipingly phyllohemin irrotational verbosity tricyanogen. Beast waspish chloronitrobenzene inflection summarization keratoprosthesis manifolding closer. " Shawn Vaillancourt, Resident Scholar
"The main character is tormented at school because her parents are poor and different. In adult life she becomes a painter but her childhood trauma haunts her and she struggles to make sense of her life and relationships with men and women. Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout. " Ian Peter Avery, Resident Scholar
"Cat's eye, the ninth of Atwood's novels, is the story of Elaine Risley, a successful painter who returns to Toronto, the city of her childhood. Most of the novel flashes back to her childhood and focuses on the relationships she had, particularly the relationship between herself and a girl named Cordelia. Cordelia and the other girls teased and tortured her so much that Elaine loses all her self self-esteem and adopts bad habits, such as peeling her skin, biting her nails, and pulling her own hair. Atwood also explores the world of artistic creativity for female artists. The book also gives the reader a clear picture of how much society and the landscape of Toronto had changed from her childhood memories in the 1940s and the 1950s to the Toronto she revisited in the 1980s. " Lauren Ashley, Resident Scholar

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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Life of a profession: - artist
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Job/Profession/Status story Yes
Ethnic/regional/gender life Yes
Woman's story? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - artist
Age: - 40's-50's
Eccentric/Mental Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb: Yes
Eccentric: - dumb
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
Intelligence - Dumb

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 4 (a fair amount)
The Americas (not US): Yes
The Americas: - Canada
City? Yes
City: - dirty, grimy (like New York)

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - actual description of hetero sex - descript. of nude males (the big P)
Unusual Style: - a lot of flashback and forwards - a lot of stream of consciousness
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog

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