Melissa Anne Peterson

Vera Violet ONeels home is in the Pacific Northwestnot the glamorous scene of coffee bars and craft beers, but the hardscrabble region of busted pickups and broken dreams. Veras mother has left, her father is unstable, and her brother is deeply troubled. Against this gritty background, Vera struggles to establish a life of her own, a life fortified by her friends and her hard-won love. But the relentless poverty coupled with the twin lures of crystal...