After the death of his younger sister, nineteen-year-old Jonathan drifts through the East End of Long Island haunted by memory, guilt, and the girl he cannot bear to lose. As winter gives way to summer, his relationship with Shelly O'Connor unfolds against abandoned buildings, late-night diners, skate parks, underground clubs, and forgotten roads where the past never stays buried.
Blurring dreams with reality, Atropa Belladonna is an atmospheric novel of grief, first love, obsession, and the fragile line between memory and madness.