The Bear

Bold...shocking...distinctive...the reward is striking images that stick in the mind, a blend of Anna's interpretations of events and the reader's imagination. It was even more haunting the second time around * Independent *
Stylistically impressive and deeply moving * Glamour *
A taut and touching story of how a child’s love and denial become survival skills -- Charlotte Rogan, author of The Lifeboat
This expertly crafted novel could do for camping what Jaws did for swimming.This agonizing odyssey of loss and being lost also has humor…The book’s anguished yet hopeful ending provides a touching terminus for Anna and Stick’s journey to adulthood * People *
The Bear had me up all night... Claire Cameron is an absolute master * Herman Koch, Author of The Dinner *
Read this book in one sitting...taut and engrossing look at an essential web of connected questions: How children think, how families work, how we relate to nature at its most brutal and how we process grief and trauma... Unforgettable. * Globe and Mail *
An emotional tour de force. Claire Cameron’s The Bear offers us an unforgettable child-narrator who propels us through a story as unsettling as it is bone-chilling, and as suspenseful as it is moving -- Megan Abbott, author of Dare Me and The End of Everything
It's been a long time since I read a book like The Bear by Claire Cameron. By chapter three, my heart was in my mouth; by chapter eight I was weeping and drinking hot, sweet tea as I went through a box of tissues. Read this book in one, you won't want to put it down. * Bookmunch *
This terrifying novel is your worst nightmare – in a good way! * The Sun *
A gripping, affecting story that reads like a hybrid of Henry James's What Maisie Knew and Margaret Atwood's Survival * Maclean's *