Blind Eye

If you knew a child was being abused, would you step in? The Blind Eye takes a hard look at what a community is willing to brush aside and the consequences of that indifference. I appreciate that the author gives the reader just enough to understand the motives of the abuser, the horror of the abuse......more

Loved this book!~ I am recommending this to my book club. Based on a true story, it offers the reader a perspective you can't turn away from.......more

I struggled a bit with this book. I’m not sure if it was how it uploaded into my kindle library or if it was the writing style. The book is broken down into different perspectives and mostly they’re clearly labeled. But there were parts of those perspectives that were written from the townspeople pe......more

A well written, very disturbing story that needed to be told! Martha Burns does an amazing job of portraying to her readers the tragedy of turning a “blind eye” to abuse.......more

Martha Burns's latest novel “Blind Eye” is a well-executed story that prompts reflection on how a community could turn a blind eye to years of mental and verbal abuse of a child at the hands of his father, who was the product of similar abuse. The story is engaging and inspired by a real event. It's......more