Guests on Earth : a novel

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Label

Guests on Earth : a novel

Title remainder

a novel

Statement of responsibility

Lee Smith

Creator

• Smith, Lee, 1944-
• trueSmith, Lee, 1944-

Author

• Smith, Lee, 1944-

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

Genre

• truePsychological fiction
• trueSouthern fiction
• trueHistorical fiction
• Fiction

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

Tone

• trueAtmospheric

Writing style

• trueRichly detailed
• trueEngaging

Character

• trueAbility diverse

Award

Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction, 2014.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

813.54

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary form

fiction

Target audience

adult