For this Wednesday I found Dirty Little Secrets by C. J. Omololu.
Here is a summary:
Everyone has a secret. But Lucy’s is bigger and dirtier than most. It’s one she’s been hiding for years—that her mom’s out-of-control hoarding has turned their lives into a world of garbage and shame. She’s managed to keep her home life hidden from her best friend and her crush, knowing they’d be disgusted by the truth. So, when her mom dies suddenly in their home, Lucy hesitates to call 911 because revealing their way of life would make her future unbearable—and she begins her two-day plan to set her life right.
With details that are as fascinating as they are disturbing, C. J. Omololu weaves an hour-by-hour account of Lucy’s desperate attempt at normalcy. Her fear and isolation are palpable as readers are pulled down a path from which there is no return, and the impact of hoarding on one teen’s life will have readers completely hooked.
2 comments:
Hoarding; that's a really sad thing. What could be going on in a person's head to cause him/her to live that way, is the question I've asked and could not possibly answer.
I'm thinking reading this book will be a bit disturbing, but, oh well, I guess I can step out of my comfort zone and give it a try.
I watch the hoarding show on cable. It is crazy what they do and how they live.
I think this book could be an interesting read, but you're right disturbing as well.
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