A Bright Red Scream

"I highly recommend [ A Bright Red Scream] , because it’s beautifully written and . . .  so  candid.” —Amy Adams, star of HBO's Sharp Objects  in  Entertainment Weekly Self-mutilation is a behavior so shocking that it is almost never discussed. Yet estimates are that upwards of eight million Americans are chronic self-injurers. They are people who use knives, razor blades, or broken glass to cut themselves. Their numbers include the actor Johnny Depp, Girl Interrupted author