Kept a virtual stranger by her bullying father, fourteen-year-old vera quinn longs for a life of her own. Michael quinn is admired and liked by his customers, but he rules his family with a rod of iron. After her mother'...Kept a virtual stranger by her bullying father, fourteen-year-old vera quinn longs for a life of her own. Michael quinn is admired and liked by his customers, but he rules his family with a rod of iron. After her mother's untimely death, vera is expected to keep house for both michael and her brothers eddy and young benny.