The Eye of the Sheep is a 2014 novel by Australian novelist Sofie Laguna[1] which won the 2015 Miles Franklin Award.

[2] "Ned was beside me, his messages running easily through him, with space between each one, coming through him like water.

I watched the waves as they rolled and crashed towards us, one after another, never stopping, always changing.

She teaches him how to count sheep so that he can fall asleep.

She holds him tight enough to stop his cells spinning.