The Resource Guests on Earth : a novel, Lee Smith
Guests on Earth : a novel, Lee Smith
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The item Guests on Earth : a novel, Lee Smith represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Brazil Public Library.
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 337 pages
- Note
-
- "A Shannon Ravenel Book."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [335]-337)
- Isbn
- 9781616202538
- Label
- Guests on Earth : a novel
- Title
- Guests on Earth
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Lee Smith
- Subject
-
- trueFires
- trueFitzgerald, Zelda, 1900-1948
- trueHistorical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- trueLovers
- trueMen/women relations
- trueMental illness
- trueNew Orleans, Louisiana
- trueOrphans
- Orphans -- Fiction
- truePianists
- Pianists -- Fiction
- truePsychiatric hospital patients
- truePsychiatric hospitals
- Psychiatric hospitals -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- trueSouthern States
- trueSouthern fiction
- trueTeenage girls
- Teenage girls -- Fiction
- truePhysicians
- true1930s -- 1930 -- 1939
- true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
- trueAsheville, North Carolina
- trueElectric shock therapy
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Summary
- A young orphaned piano prodigy in 1936 is admitted to a North Carolina mental hospital under the care of a celebrated doctor and receives innovative treatment based on exercise, diet and art therapies alongside Zelda Fitzgerald
- Award
- Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction, 2014.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10219249
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1944-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Smith, Lee
- Dewey number
- 813.54
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Orphans
- Teenage girls
- Pianists
- Psychiatric hospitals
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Guests on Earth : a novel, Lee Smith
- Note
-
- "A Shannon Ravenel Book."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [335]-337)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20100079
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 337 pages
- Isbn
- 9781616202538
- Lccn
- 2013019639
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustration
- Label
- Guests on Earth : a novel, Lee Smith
- Note
-
- "A Shannon Ravenel Book."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [335]-337)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20100079
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 337 pages
- Isbn
- 9781616202538
- Lccn
- 2013019639
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustration
Subject
- trueFires
- trueFitzgerald, Zelda, 1900-1948
- trueHistorical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- trueLovers
- trueMen/women relations
- trueMental illness
- trueNew Orleans, Louisiana
- trueOrphans
- Orphans -- Fiction
- truePianists
- Pianists -- Fiction
- truePsychiatric hospital patients
- truePsychiatric hospitals
- Psychiatric hospitals -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- trueSouthern States
- trueSouthern fiction
- trueTeenage girls
- Teenage girls -- Fiction
- truePhysicians
- true1930s -- 1930 -- 1939
- true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
- trueAsheville, North Carolina
- trueElectric shock therapy
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