Evidence of V: A Novel in Fragments, Facts, and Fictions

by Sheila O'Connor

Book Overview

In an ambitious blend of fact and fiction, including family secrets, documents from the era, and a thin, fragmentary case file unsealed by the court, novelist Sheila O'Connor tells the riveting story of V, a talented fifteen-year-old singer in 1930s Minneapolis who aspires to be a star. Drawing on the little-known American practice of incarcerating adolescent girls for "immorality" in the first half of the twentieth century, O'Connor follows young...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1941628192
• ISBN13: 9781941628195
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Rose Metal Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 7.9"