Sharp Objects -- Gillian Flynn

<b><b>NOW AN HBO<b>(R)</b> LIMITED SERIES STARRING AMY ADAMS, <b>NOMINATED FOR EIGHT EMMY AWARDS, INCLUDING OUTSTANDING LIMITED SERIES</b></b> <p/>FROM THE #1 <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF <i>GONE GIRL<br></i></b><br>Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment: she must return to her tiny hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls. For years, Camille has hardly spoken to her neurotic, hypochondriac mother or to the half-sister she barely knows: a beautiful thirteen-year-old with an eerie grip on the town. Now, installed in her old bedroom in her family's Victorian mansion, Camille finds herself identifying with the young victims--a bit too strongly. Dogged by her own demons, she must unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past if she wants to get the story--and survive this homecoming. <p/><b>Praise for <i>Sharp Objects</i></b> <p/>"Nasty, addictive reading."<b>--<i>Chicago Tribune</i></b> <p/>"Skillful and disturbing."<b>--<i>Washington Post</i></b> <p/>"Darkly original . . . a] riveting tale."<b>--<i>People</i></b><br><br><b>Author:</b> Gillian Flynn<br><b>Publisher:</b> Crown Publishing Group (NY)<br><b>Published:</b> 07/31/2007<br><b>Pages:</b> 272<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.45lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.00h x 5.19w x 0.63d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780307341556<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 5.3<br><b>Point Value:</b> 12<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Up