Mr. Violette was a correctional officer for the state of Connecticut at the Connecticut Correctional Institute in Somers before retiring in 1972. He returned to Maine in 1974 and settled in Westbrook.

"Violette" is the story of one woman's search for love. Based on the life and work of Violette Leduc (1907-1972), a French writer known for such raw, autobiographical works as the 1964 memoir "La ...