Guests on Earth : a novel

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: print
337 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books Of Chapel Hill, 2013.
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Contents / Notes

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

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