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03566aam a22005418i 4500 001 BB1CDDC01D7611EA83B92C1397128E48 003 SILO 005 20191213010258 008 190618t20192019maua b 000 1 eng 010 $a 2019025830 020 $a 1941628192 020 $a 9781941628195 035 $a (OCoLC)1105748916 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d BDX $d WC4 $d IaU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a PS3565.C6565 $b E95 2019 082 00 $a 813/.54 $2 23 100 1 $a O'Connor, Sheila, $e author. 245 10 $a Evidence of V : $b a novel in fragments, facts, and fictions / $c by Sheila O'Connor. 264 1 $a Brookline, MA : $b Rose Metal Press, $c 2019. 300 $a 270 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 21 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-263). 520 $a "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 V from her early work as a nightclub entertainer to her subsequent six-year state school sentence for an unplanned pregnancy. As V struggles to survive within a system only nominally committed to rescue and reform, she endures injustices that will change the course of her life and the lives of her descendants. Inspired by O'Connor's research on her unknown maternal grandmother and the long-term effects of intergenerational trauma, Evidence of V: A Novel in Fragments, Facts, and Fictions is a poignant excavation of familial and national history that remains disturbingly relevant-a harrowing story of exploitation and erasure, and the infinite ways in which girls, past and present, are punished for crimes they didn't commit. O'Connor's collage novel offers an engaging balance between illuminating a shameful and hidden chapter of American history and captivating the reader with the vivid and unforgettable character of V."-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Teenage girls $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Juvenile detention homes $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Exploitation $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Family secrets $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Reformatories for women $z United States $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Singers $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Nightclubs $z United States $x History $y 20th century $v Fiction. 650 7 $a Exploitation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00918547 650 7 $a Family secrets. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01737651 650 7 $a Juvenile detention homes. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00985445 650 7 $a Nightclubs. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01037674 650 7 $a Reformatories for women. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01092592 650 7 $a Singers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01119301 650 7 $a Teenage girls. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01145412 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a Fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423787 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a O'Connor, Sheila, 1958- $t Evidence of V $d Brookline, MA : Rose Metal Press, Inc., 2019. $z 9781941628201 $w (DLC) 2019025831 941 $a 3 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317031908.0 952 $l VXPE964 $d 20200702014635.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20200303015036.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BB1CDDC01D7611EA83B92C1397128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search