Sharp Objects

Who it's for

For adults who survived a controlling or abusive parent, Sharp Objects can be powerfully validating: it shows how a family can look respectable while one member quietly harms the others, and how returning home re-activates old wounds.

Feelings it meets

• Childhood Trauma
• Addiction
• Family Roles
• Toxic Relationship
• Shame

What it is

Sharp Objects is an eight-episode HBO psychological thriller miniseries from 2018, created by Marti Noxon, directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and based on Gillian Flynn's 2006 novel. Crime reporter Camille Preaker returns to her hometown of Wind Gap, Missouri, to cover the murders of two young girls.

Where to find it

HBO original (streams on HBO Max). Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.

Before you start

Heads up: Self-harm and a teen's suicide.

Age: TV-MA (suggested 18+)

When I stand before thee at the day's end thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my wounds and also my healing.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 290