Scrappy fifteen-year-old Vera Johnson - illegitimate daughter of Rose, the notorious proprietor of San Francisco's ritziest bordello and ally to the city's corrupt politicians - narrowly survives the devastating 1906 earthquake. Relying on her wit and determination, Vera and her unlikely new family of survivors navigate a world reborn in the wake of disaster. Author of "Three Stages of Amazement." Print run 75,000.
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