Sharp Objects
Camille Preaker is a journalist sent back to her hometown to cover the murders of two young girls. Haunted by her own traumatic past and uneasy relationship with her mother, Camille is drawn into a case that forces her to confront her family's secrets. As the truth emerges, Camille realizes the danger has always been closer to home than she imagined.
- Camille - Journalist
- Adora - Camille's mother
- Amma - Camille's younger half-sister, age 13
- Ann - Murder victim
- Natalie - Murder victim
- Camille returns to Wind Gap to report on the murders of Ann and Natalie.
- She stays with her mother, Adora, and half-sister, Amma, and the strained family dynamic resurfaces.
- Camille struggles with her history of self-harm, carving words into her skin, and her scars are eventually revealed.
- Camille learns Adora suffers from Munchausen syndrome by proxy and poisoned both her and her younger sister Marian years earlier, causing Marian's death in childhood.
- Amma knows Adora is deliberately making her sick as well but allows it because she likes the attention she gets when she is ill.
- Adora often doted on Ann and Natalie, giving them "motherly care," which makes the town believe she also killed them.
- Adora is arrested after trying to poison Camille again, with circumstantial evidence and her history leading police to assume she murdered Ann and Natalie.
- After Adora's arrest, Camille takes Amma in and tries to give her a stable home.
- Camille then discovers a dollhouse with human teeth in it, revealing Amma killed Ann and Natalie and used their teeth as decorations.
- Amma killed the girls out of jealousy, unable to share Adora's attention with them, and is arrested.
- Adora ends up in prison for Marian's death.
- Camille - Alive - Finally free from her manipulative family
- Adora - Alive - In prison for Marian's death
- Amma - Alive - Arrested for killing Ann and Natalie
- Ann - Dead - Killed by Amma
- Natalie - Dead - Killed by Amma
- Marian - Dead - Killed by Adora due to Munchausen by proxy
- Self harm
- Child death
- Child abuse
- Rape
- Animal death
Publisher: Shaye Areheart Books
ISBN: 9780297851530
Publication Date: September 26, 2006
Note: Details are for the original edition. Other formats, editions, and audiobook versions may be available.
