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|title=One-Eyed Cat

|author=Paula Fox

|buy=Maybe

|borrow=Yes

|pages=216

|publisher=Prentice Hall & IBD

|date=October 1984

|isbn=0027355403

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Have you ever had a guilty, shameful secret? Have you ever had a secret that burned and twisted inside because you'd let down not only yourself but also your friends or your family? One of those that you'd like to confess but you can't, not because you fear the consequences or the punishment, but because you couldn't bear to see your guilt and shame mirrored in the eyes of someone else? One of those that spawns a lie and then another lie and then another lie? Ned Wallis has a secret like that:

It's a beautiful book.

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|name=Magda

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...all the time reading this review I was wondering, do you think we really should? Do you think there should be no subjects 'not for children'; discussed behind closed doors when the little uns are asleep? And if yes, is it because they are bound to notice something anyway (even if just the mood) or because it's a Good Thing To Do anyway?

We are too lazy and too volatile to do that even if we wanted (keeping hush, I mean) so we are necessarily forced to explain everything to Katie on her level so she doesn't get too confused; and I think my parents were like that too, but I know of many families where it's normal; and I can think of a few reasons not connected to the child's wellbeing for keeping things secret, not the smallest of them the fact that small children are not capable of keeping a secret themselves and you don't necessarily want all your family issues discussed by your child's teachers or her friends' parents.

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