Guests on Earth

Lee Smith

earliest edition we have, 2013 Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2013 paperback

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, Zeld...

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Guests on Earth audiobook · 2013 · HighBridge Audio · 680 pages · 9781622312368
Guests on Earth: a novel paperback · 2013 · Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill · 9781616203801
Guests on Earth hardcover · 2013 · A Shannon Ravenel Book · 352 pages · 9781616202538

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