Vera Violet: A Novel

Vera Violet recounts the dark story of a rough group of teenagers growing up in a twisted rural logging town. There are no jobs. There is no sense of safety. But there is a small group of loyal friends, a truck waiting with the engine running, a pair of boots covered in blood, and a hot 1911 pistol with a pearl grip.



Vera Violet O'Neel's home is in the Pacific Northwest-not the glamorous scene of coffee bars and craft beers, but the hardscrabble region of busted pickups and broken dreams. Ve...