Buried

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. 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. A much darker reality emerges from beneath year of angry denial and enabling behavior. As the truth comes closer to the surface, Claudine must dig for the answers she's always worked so hard to cover up Claudine, a seventeen-year-old who has been taking care of her alcoholic mother, wakes up to find her mother gone, and starts taking care of herself while inventing the truth about the disappearance and develops obsessive-compulsive habits Claudine must struggle with living on her own when her alcoholic mother disappears