Sharp Objects
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| Author | Gillian Flynn |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Published | 2006, Shaye Areheart Books |
| Media type | Print, e-book, audiobook |
| Pages | 254 pages |
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Sharp Objects is a 2006 novel by American author Gillian Flynn and her debut novel. The book was first published through Shaye Areheart Books on September 26, 2006, and has subsequently been re-printed through Broadway Books. The novel follows Camille Preaker, a newspaper journalist who must return to her hometown to report on a series of brutal murders.
Camille Preaker: A young journalist who is trying to make a better life in Chicago. She has suffered for years after the death of sister Marian at a very young age. She spent time in a psychiatric hospital near Chicago after years of self-harm.
Amma: The 13-year-old half-sister of Camille. She is the "it girl" in the town of Wind Gap. She lives a double life as a perfect Southern daughter to Adora and also the mean girl to the rest of the town. She terrorizes those living in the town as she attempts to rule everyone around her.
Adora: The mother of Camille and Amma. She is a strict woman, who rarely shows any type of emotion towards Camille. She treats Amma as a baby doll. She has a firm hold on the doings of Wind Gap, Missouri. Her family is the wealthiest in the area and owns many of the businesses in the surrounding areas.
Camille Preaker works as a journalist at a small and rather un-prestigious newspaper. Her job isn't always particularly satisfying, as she often has to report on stories about human neglect and crimes such as murder. Camille gets along somewhat well with her boss Curry, who supported her during a recent hospitalization due to self-harm. Camille has carved many words onto her body - having previously hallucinated them on her skin. When he asks her to return to her hometown of Wind Gap, Missouri, to cover the murder of one preteen girl and the disappearance of another, Camille initially refuses. Curry perseveres and eventually persuades her to take the story.
Once in Wind Gap, Camille manages to gain some information about the crimes from the townspeople, including the family of Ann Nash, the murdered girl. The local police aren't particularly forthcoming about the murder, but the town sheriff divulges to Camille off the record that he believes that the murderer is a Wind Gap native, not a stranger. Soon the body of the missing girl, Natalie Keene, is discovered in an alley in town. Both she and Ann were strangled, and had all of their teeth removed. Camille publishes a story cobbled together from the various information she's received, only for Curry to ask her to remain in Wind Gap for further coverage of the story.
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