Vera s mother is the Weather Clock; she presides over the satellite town of Head Acre, which hovers a few hundred feet above Bear Park. Her father is a can opener; he spends most of his time in Vera s pocket. The Acre is a cruel and oppressive place, shaped by the dictatorship of Vera s omnipotent, megalomaniac mother: the Prime Minister of Weather and Chance. No wonder Vera fled.
Stranded in the dark wood beyond Bear Park s boundary fence, the teenage Vera Pike again finds herself looking for an escape route. At the police station, her friend Scarper Lee is in a pickle jar, alive for now, but only until tomorrow: his deathday. Vera hatches a plan. But with the help of Castro Smith, can she save Scarper from his certain fate? "The Can Opener s Daughter" is a dark and inventive coming-of-age tale, both a companion piece to Davis s Eisner-nominated "The Motherless Oven" and an impressive standalone graphic novel."