![]() The book is deeply suspenseful and profoundly human as Vera, haunted by memories of Charlie and how their friendship disintegrated, struggles to find the courage to combat destructive forces, save herself, and bring justice to light. Vera is the primary narrator, though her father, Charlie (posthumously), and even the town's landmark pagoda contribute interludes as King (The Dust of 100 Dogs) shows how shame and silence can have risky sometimes deadly consequences. ![]() ![]() ![]() But first she has to face her fractured relationship with her father, a recovering alcoholic who worries about her drinking the absence of her mother, who left six years earlier and the knowledge that she could clear Charlie's suspected guilt in a crime. Visit 18-year-old Veras spent her whole life secretly in love with her best friend, Charlie. Though Charlie's death hangs heavily over Vera, she has the road ahead mapped out: pay her way through community college with her job delivering pizza while living "cheap" in her father's house. As soon as the book opens up, we find out that her best friend (well, former-best-friend-turned-enemy) Charlie has. ![]() Beginning with the funeral of Charlie Kahn, high school senior Vera's neighbor and former best friend, this chilling and darkly comedic novel offers a gradual unfolding of secrets about the troubled teenagers, their families, and their town. ![]()
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