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Zeller, Emily Woo

Smith, Lee, 1944-

Zeller, Emily Woo,narrator
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Smith, Lee

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"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 Death of the Black-Haired Girl 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. Lee Smith began writing stories at the age of nine and selling them for a nickel apiece. Since then, she has written seventeen works of fiction, including Fair and Tender Ladies, Oral History, Guests on Earth, and most recently, Dimestore. She has received many awards, including the North Carolina Award for Literature and an Academy Award in Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; her novel The Last Girls was a New York Times bestseller as well as winner of the Southern Book Critics Circle Award. "[An] elegant historical novel . . . Lee Smith is an assured and accomplished writer, and her use of Zelda as a subject in Guests on Earth is brilliant . . . This is a carefully researched, utterly charming novel. By the time you finish it, you fall in love with these fascinating lives, too." -The Washington Post "Guests on Earth is a mesmerizing novel about a time and place where creativity and passion, theory and medicine, fact and fiction, are luminously intertwined." -BookPage "Indeed, most of the high spirited, rebellious, outspoken women who populate Guests on Earth would not now be considered insane at all. Smith's imaginative, layered story illuminates the complexity of their collective plight-to be put in towers until they had no choice but to behave-and rescues them one by one." -The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "[An] engaging and engrossing novel . . . Smith's well-developed characters, rich historical detail and easy prose create a novel that some may call her best yet, and which it just may be." -Minneapolis Star Tribune "Those who enjoyed Smith's previous work (e.g., Fair and Tender Ladies; The Last Girls) will certainly appreciate this absorbing book, as will those interested in the history of treating mental illness in the United States and fans of Southern or Appalachian fiction." -Library Journal "With Guests on Earth, Lee Smith shines new light on a shadowy, complex subject . . . She offers a broader historical perspective--and with it, a captivating, inimitable voice." -The Raleigh News and Observer "Treading the fine line between sanity and insanity, this historical novel imagines the 12 years proceeding the 1948 fire that engulfed a North Carolina mental hospital and killed F. Scott Fitzgerald's estranged wife, Zelda." -Ms. Magazine "Engaging . . . Touching." -Publishers Weekly "This is Lee Smith at her powerful best, writing the South she knows through the eyes of a woman who lived it." -Adriana Trigiani, author of Big Stone Gap and The Shoemaker's Wife "In Guests on Earth Lee Smith gives evidence again of the grace and insight that distinguish her work. Her characters are realized with singular intensity, the most vivid interior life, and flawless dialogue. Reading Lee Smith ranks among the great pleasures of American fiction." -Robert Stone, author of Death of the Black-Haired Girl and Dog Soldiers-Review quotes

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2013

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FICTION
FICTION -- General
FICTION -- Psychological
Fiction
Fitzgerald, Zelda, -- 1900-1948
Fitzgerald, Zelda, -- 1900-1948 -- Fiction
Historical fiction
Orphans
Orphans -- Fiction
Pianists
Pianists -- Fiction
Psychiatric hospitals
Psychiatric hospitals -- Fiction
Psychological fiction
Teenage girls
Teenage girls -- Fiction

Guests on Earth

Guests on Earth / a novel by Lee Smith
Guests on Earth : a novel [electronic resource] / Lee Smith
Guests on Earth : a novel [electronic resource] Smith, Lee, 1944-
Guests on Earth A Novel

Guests on Earth

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FICTION
Fiction
Fitzgerald, Zelda
General
Historical Fiction
Literature
Orphans
Pianists
Psychiatric hospitals
Psychological
Teenage girls