The weight of silence

Description:

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.

subjects: Family secrets,  Missing children,  Fiction,  Dysfunctional families,  Missing persons, fiction,  Fiction, family life,  Fiction, suspense,  Iowa, fiction,  Fiction, family life, general,  Fiction, thrillers, suspense,  Literature,  Relationship Novel,  Romance,  nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2009-08-16,  New York Times bestseller,  Large type books

Places: Iowa