It’s a Vera who has a father who thinks she should be working full time while going to school. Because the Vera that starts with the funeral is a Vera who is tough, lonely, and drinking. She was a good person from a good family.”Ĭharlie’s perspective, especially this, shows us a Vera we didn’t know before. Loving Vera Dietz was the scariest thing that ever happened to me.
I war born to a man like my father and a woman like my mother, and I had to save Vera from myself. As far as I was concerned, I didn’t have a choice. As he explains, “ I regret everything that happened with Vera. Of course, every now and then the dead kid - Charlie - speaks up. A few chapters later, Ken Dietz (Vera’s dad) has a “brief word” to share. The next chapter is three and half months later. Part One, The Funeral: Vera at Charlie’s funeral.
The Good: The structure of Please Ignore Vera Dietz is fabulous, just the kind of “confusing but not really” storytelling I enjoy.
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