Broken People, Broken Places -- Arvin Russell

Grace Matson thought that she lived a fairly mundane life. In her opinion, there wasn't much for her in the godforsaken, small town of Coal Creek, West Virginia. Sure - she had everything she could want. Material-wise, at least. Her family wasn't rich by most standards, but they lived comfortably. And even though both of her parents were still around, Grace felt lonely, like she didn't belong. Her momma would probably say that being alive was enough of a reason to be happy, but Grace disagreed. She had yet to find that spark to her life that would make her want to venture out each morning to start a new day. That was, until she met Arvin Russell.

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All rights/credit for The Devil All the Time story and its characters go to Donald Ray Pollock.

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