Paperback. Winner of the Edgar Award!Careful planning and constant control is Claudine's protection. Order is her weapon. She's long buried her own needs and dreams to cover for her alcoholic mom. But when Mom suddenly disappeares-another alcoholic binge-seventeen-year-old Claudine finds herself all alone, and a much darker reality emerges from beneath years of angry denial and enabling behavior. And as the truth comes closer to the surface, Claudine must dig for the answers she's always worked so hard to cover up. In this psychological thriller--winner of the Edgar Award--Claudine, the daughter of an alcoholic mother, digs for a dark, buried truth. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Buried (Paperback)
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc, New York
Publication Date: 2008
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0142411418
ISBN 13: 9780142411414
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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EDGAR AWARD WINNER • A poignant coming-of-age thriller that will leave you on the edge of your seat.

“MacCready spins a tantalizingly creepy web of Claudine’s disintegration. . . . The shocking but wholly believable climax is a moving ending to this cautionary, empathetic story of codependency.”—Booklist

Careful planning and constant control are Claudine’s protection. Order is her weapon. She’s long buried her own needs and dreams to cover for her alcoholic mom. But when Mom suddenly disappears—on another alcoholic binge?—seventeen-year-old Claudine finds herself all alone, and a much darker reality emerges from beneath years of angry denial and enabling behavior. And as the truth comes closer to the surface, Claudine must dig for the answers she’s always worked so hard to cover up

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Robin Merrow MacCready lives in Maine.

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