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  1. The novel’s narrator and protagonist, Camille Preaker, describes herself as “trash from money”—the least-favorite daughter of the wealthy, cruel, controlling Adora Crellin. Camille has wrestled all her life with feelings of being ugly, unloved, and unwanted.

    • Lily Burke

      The novel’s narrator and protagonist, Camille Preaker,...

    • Adora Crellin

      Camille ’s mother, Adora Crellin, is the matriarch of the...

    • Amma Crellin

      Amma Crellin is Camille ’s thirteen-year-old half-sister. A...

    • Natalie Keene

      Natalie Keene is a ten-year-old Wind Gap girl who goes...

    • Jackie O'Neele

      Jackie is Adora ’s oldest and ostensibly best friend in Wind...

    • Ann Nash

      Indeed, Adora is arrested for the girls’ murders—but after...

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    The novel’s narrator and protagonist, Camille Preaker, describes herself as “trash from old money” and the least-favorite daughter of the powerful and cruel Adora Crellin. Camille has wrestled all her life with feelings of being ugly, unloved, and unwanted. This manifests in alcoholism, hypersexuality, people pleasing, self harm, suicidal ideation,...

    Camille began performing compulsive and ritualistic self-harm at an early age, turning her obsession with language and the desire to control it into a way of marking herself. Camille has covered her entire body in words made of scars—the words alternate between feminine (“cupcake,” “dumpling,” “cherry,” “petticoat”) and violent or self-loathing (“w...

    -May 1st 1975 (age 0) Camille is born -1976 (age 1) Alan woos Adora -1976 (age 1) Adora’s parents both die of stomach tumors -1977 (age 2) Adora and Alan marry -1978 (age 3) Marian is born -1984 (age 9) Camille begins copying little house on the prairie books into spiral notebooks -1985 (age 10) Camille begins writing every word teacher said on jea...

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  2. Camille Preaker works as a journalist at The Daily Post, a small newspaper in Chicago. She is dissatisfied with her job, which involves covering stories about crime and human suffering. Camille has a complicated relationship with her boss, Frank Curry, who supported her after a recent hospitalization for self-harm.

    • Gillian Flynn
    • 2006
  3. Jul 8, 2018 · Up until then, readers might have taken Camille Preaker for a classic hard-boiled murder-mystery protagonist with an addiction to alcohol. In her book and in Camille’s voice, Flynn wrote: “I am...

  4. The novel’s narrator and protagonist, Camille Preaker, describes herself as “trash from money”—the least-favorite daughter of the wealthy, cruel, controlling Adora Crellin. Camille has wrestled all her life with feelings of being ugly, unloved…

  5. Camille Preaker. Camille is a complex character with a troubled past. She is a talented journalist but struggles with self-harm and emotional trauma. Her return to her hometown forces her to confront her personal demons while dealing with the challenging assignment of covering the murders.

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  7. Jan 15, 2024 · Camille Preaker. The protagonist, Camille, is a tormented soul. A thirty-year-old journalist from Chicago, she’s haunted by her past traumas, including her sister’s death, sexual abuse, and a deeply strained relationship with her mother.

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