Guests on Earth
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[United States] : Little, Brown and Company, 2013.
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1 online resource (368 pages)
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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 led 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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English
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9781616203467, 1616203463
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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 led 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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Smith, L. (2013). Guests on Earth. Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Smith, Lee. 2013. Guests On Earth. Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Smith, Lee, Guests On Earth. Little, Brown and Company, 2013.
MLA Citation (style guide)Smith, Lee. Guests On Earth. Little, Brown and Company, 2013.
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