Vidal, Clara.

Like a thorn / Clara Vidal ; translated from the French by Y. Maudet. - 1st American ed. - New York : Delacorte Press, c2008. - 119 p. ; 19 cm.

Translation of: Mal m̉a mr̈e.

Throughout her childhood, Melie believes her mother is two people--Rosy Mother and Dark Mother--and she performs more and more rituals to keep Dark Mother away as she reaches adolescence, when she begins to realize that her mother is mentally ill and that Melie may be, as well.

Ages 14 and up.

ISBN: 9780385735643 0385735642

LCCN: 2007027997

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Mental illness--Fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder--Fiction.
Problem families--Fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]