Guests on Earth

by Lee Smith

Book Overview

"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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 161620253X
• ISBN13: 9781616202538
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Algonquin Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Guests On Earth Lee Smith

First of all I have to say that I have never read a book that I did not love by Lee Smith. If you love Southern novels with a lot of history and mystery, then this book is for you. As most of her's are. I could not put it down.