"A secret life isn't one secret. It's a lie that takes precedence, encroaching like crabgrass over a lawn. It keeps spreading and spreading." "Everybody keeps secrets. It's how relationships work." The first quote is from Rachel, Marley's mom. The second from Marley herself. Marley had run away, leaving a short, cryptic note on the refrigerator whiteboard "Don't try to find me..." Marley's cold, distant father mounts an intense media campaign to find his lost daughter. Unfortunately, the blitz uncovers a relationship between Rachel and Marley's psychiatrist. Told from dual points of view - Rachel's and Marley's, Don't Try to Find Me treats the reader to intense introspective detailing the dynamics of a dysfunctional family and the overriding power of love. "Marley's gut said something was off about [Brandon], a college guy pursuing an eighth grader who's all the way across the country." She should have gone with her gut instinct. This is a gripping account of the ramifications for online contacts, a cautionary tale to parents and teens alike, a peon to journal as vehicle to clarification.
"People are jigsaw puzzles that don't exactly fit together."
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