Violet

  • Violet Born in Spruce Pine, NC

  • Violet learns poker from her father

    He teaches her to help her with her arithmetic (page 17)
  • Violet starts reading her mother's book

    Her father tells her she wasn't supposed to start reading the book until she turned 16. She maintains that she's nearly 14 and that's old enough. (page 27)
  • Violet is hit by her father's axe

    page 35
  • Violet looses her virginity to Billy Dean

    page 53
  • Violet's father attempts to repair her scar for her 18th birthday

    He takes her to a doctor in Charlotte, who says they waited too long (page 25)
  • Violet's father dies

    page 24
  • Violet's boards the bus in Spruce Pine

    SURPRISED (page 9)
  • Violet meets Monty & Flick at the Kingsport, TN rest stop

    LUCK OF THE DRAW (page 15)
  • Violet, Monty & Flick arrive in Memphis, TN

    page 42
  • Violet, Monty & Flick go out drinking & dancing in Memphis

    LONELY STRANGER / ANYONE WOULD DO (page 50)
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    VIOLET'S BUS JOURNEY

  • Violet & Monty sleep together

    LAY DOWN YOUR HEAD (page 54)
  • Violet, Monty, & Flick board the bus to continue their journey

    I'M DYIN' (page 56)
  • Violet says goodbye to Flick & Monty

    HARD TO SAY GOODBYE, PROMISE ME VIOLET (page 58)
  • Violet arrives at the Hope and Glory Building in Tulsa , OK

    RAISE ME UP (page 64)
  • Violet's Miracle

    THAT'S WHAT I COULD DO (page 80)
  • Violet travels directly from Tulsa, OK to Fort Smith, AK without sleeping

    ON MY WAY REPRISE (page 81)
  • Violet reunites with Monty & Flick and discovers that her face hasn't changed

    page 85
  • Violet decides to stay with Flick

    PROMISE ME VIOLET REPRISE (page 87)