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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Guests on Earth

Guests on Earth

Smith, Lee

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General FictionHistorical FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 1616203803
ISBN13: 9781616203801
Publisher: Shannon Ravenel Books
Published: May 13 2014
Pages: 368
Weight: 0.80
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.10
Language: English

Reading Lee Smith ranks among the great pleasures of American fiction . . . Gives evidence again of the grace and insight that distinguish her work. -Robert Stone, author of Death of the Black-Haired Girl

It's 1936 when orphaned thirteen-year-old Evalina Toussaint is admitted to Highland Hospital, a mental institution in Asheville, North Carolina, 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 cascading events that lead up to the tragic fire of 1948 that killed nine women in a locked ward, Zelda among them. Author Lee Smith has created, through a seamless blending of fiction and fact, a mesmerizing novel about a world apart--in which art and madness are luminously intertwined.

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