Sister Noon

Karen Joy Fowler

Original title: Sister noon

earliest edition we have, 2015 Serpent's Tail, 2015

San Francisco in the 1890s is a town of contradictions, home to a respectable middle class, but with the Wild West lingering in the imagination, and even the behaviour, of some residents. Lizzie Hayes, a seemingly docile, middle-aged spinster, is praised for her volunteer work with the Ladies' Relief and Protection Society Home, or the Brown Ark. She doesn't know it, but she's waiting for the spark that will liberate...

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Sister noon edition · 2015 · Serpent's Tail · 9781781255490
Sister Noon edition · 2015 · WF Howes Ltd · 356 pages · 9781510009707
Sister Noon edition · 2015 · Serpent's Tail · 9781781255568

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