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Guests on Earth : a novel / Lee Smith.

Smith, Lee, 1944- (Author).

Summary:

It is 1936 when orphaned thirteen-year-old Evalina Toussaint is admitted to Highland Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, a mental institution known for its innovative treatments for nervous disorders and addictions. Taken under the wing of the hospital's most notable patient, Zelda Fitzgerald, Evalina witnesses the cascading events leading up to the tragic fire of 1948 that killed nine women in a locked ward, Zelda among them.

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  • ISBN: 9781616202538
  • ISBN: 161620253X
  • ISBN: 9781616203801
  • ISBN: 1616203803
  • Physical Description: 337 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books Of Chapel Hill, 2013.

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General Note:
"A Shannon Ravenel Book."
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references, pages 335-337.

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Subject:
Fitzgerald, Zelda, 1900-1948 > Fiction.
Orphans > Fiction.
Teenage girls > Fiction.
Pianists > Fiction.
Psychiatric hospitals > Fiction.
Genre:
Psychological fiction.
Historical fiction.

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  • 128 of 137 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.

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