Lucy has a secret that not even her closest friends know... her mother has a hoarding problem. It's gotten way out of hand, and there's nothing that anyone can do about it. Lucy's house is completely taken over by boxes, bags, garbage, old food containers, and much more. Her mother literally NEVER throws anything away, so it is as if she lives in a garbage bin. Lucy's two older siblings have now moved out, and so she is faced with this disgrace alone. Throughout the years she's avoided being discovered by never allowing friends over, waiting outside when they pick her up, and avoiding close relationships with boys... hoping to never be found out. She hopes that soon she'll be able to move out, and never have to let anyone know what she's endured for years... until the day that her mother dies, in the house, in the middle of the garbage. Lucy can't decide if she should risk her reputation and call 911 just to be on display for the world to see, or if she should take matters into her own hands. As she struggles with her decision, matters are complicated by the fact that she's falling for a boy. What will Lucy do?
A different take on family relationships and friendships, Dirty Little Secrets explores the obsessive complusiveness of hoarding. As Lucy struggles with her situation, she also struggles with defining her feelings for the mother she once had versus the mother that has shamed her.
Definitely worth a read.
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