The weight of silence
By: Heather Gudenkauf
Publisher: Mira
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Richmond
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780778303695
Subjects: Family secrets; Missing children; Fiction
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.