
Time: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Doors open and music begins at 6:30pm Cost: $5.00
Location:
Firehouse Arts and Events Center 1314 Harris Avenue Bellingham, WA Contact:
Village Books events@villagebooks.com (360) 671-2626 Event Categories:
Event Website:https://www.villagebooks.com/event/crh-melissa-anne-peterson-021820
Join us at the Firehouse as we welcome this brand-new voice in fiction that is taking the Pacific NW literary world by storm. 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 with a pearl pistol grip.
Set against the backdrop of a decaying Pacific Northwest lumber town, Vera Violet is a debut that explores themes of poverty, violence, and environmental degradation as played out in the young lives of a group of close-knit friends. Melissa Anne Peterson’s voice is powerful and poetic, her vision unflinching.
Musical guests: Louis Ledford and Kristin Allen-Zito!