03235cam a2200805 4500 562564641 TxAuBib 20220424120000.0 ||||||s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781616203467 1616203463 B00CL08LKS Amazon eb88b7c8-8881-42fd-8730-064a66d6da12 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1345623 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Smith, Lee, 1944- Guests on Earth [Libby eBook] : A Novel. Algonquin Books, 2013. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2033kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. gender non conforming. institutionalization. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Historical Fiction. mental institution. highlands hospital. nervous disorders. Zelda Fitzgerald. Performance Art. North Carolina. mental illness. mental health. Social Issues. strong women. gender roles. Healthcare. psychology. depression. Addiction. Asheville. madwoman. feminism. Medicine. Hysteria. madness. Suicide. Poetry. asylum. orphan. genius. writer. gender. 1940s. South. Death. grief. 1930s. fire. loss. art. HTML:<p><b>"Reading Lee Smith ranks among the great pleasures of American fiction . . . Gives evidence again of the grace and insight that distinguish her work." —Robert Stone, author of <i>Death of the Black-Haired Girl</i></b><br /> 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 lead 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.</p>. Historical Fiction. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-06-23 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/guests-on-earth?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/guests-on-earth?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/guests-on-earth?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)