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The author provides evidence in the form of a reporter's assignment and her personal history. Camille Preaker, a reporter, is sent to her hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls [Passage 2]. This assignment forces her to confront her own troubled past and a childhood tragedy she has tried to forget [Passage 2].
Further evidence of Camille's past is revealed through her psychological state and her relationships. She has recently returned from a stay at a psych hospital [Passage 2]. Additionally, she has had little contact with her mother or a half-sister she barely knows since leaving town eight years prior [Passage 2]. Camille's investigation into the murders leads her to unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past [Passage 2].
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lues keep leading to dead ends, forcing Camille to unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past to get at the story. Dogged by her own demons, Camille will have to confront what happened to her years before if she wants to survive this homecoming.With its taut, crafted writing, Sharp Objects is addictive, haunting, and unforgettable.From the Hardcover edition.
Description: WICKED above her hipbone, GIRL across her heart Words are like a road map to reporter Camille Preaker's troubled past. Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, Camille's first assignment from the second-rate daily paper where she works brings her reluctantly back to her hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls.NASTY on her kneecap, BABYDOLL on her legSince she left town eight years ago, 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…
Title: Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn