The weight of silence
by Heather Gudenkauf · 2010
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Brought on by a tragedy experienced as a toddler, Calli Clark, suffers from selective mutism. Her mother Antonia tries her best to help, but is confined by marriage to a violent husband. Petra Gregory is Calli's best friend and her voice. But neither Petra of Calli have been heard from since their disappearance was discovered.
Family secretsMissing childrenFictionDysfunctional familiesMissing persons, fictionFiction, family lifeFiction, suspenseIowa, fictionFiction, family life, generalFiction, thrillers, suspenseLiteratureRelationship Novel