Pick the Lock

"A.S. King sets tough issues of parental manipulation, domestic violence, gaslighting and self-identity against a bizarre and surrealistic backdrop in her latest young adult novel. Jane’s not a little kid anymore, and she’s realizing that her family isn’t like others: When her mother isn’t off touring with her punk band, she’s hooked up to pneumatic tubes at home by Jane’s father. And other kids don’t get locked up at home. When Jane finds secret videotapes of her own life, everything she thought she knew comes into sharper focus. A roller coaster of a book, Pick the Lock is one thrill after another."