| Edition |
Center Point Large Print edition. |
| Description |
423 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Physical Medium |
large print. rdafs |
| Note |
Regular print version previously published by Alfred A. Knopf. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 418-422). |
| Summary |
"In 1874, in the wake of the War, erasure, trauma, and namelessness haunt civilians and veterans, renegades and wanderers, freedmen and runaways. Twelve-year-old ConaLee, the adult in her family for as long as she can remember, finds herself on a buckboard journey with her mother, Eliza, who hasn't spoken in more than a year. They arrive at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in West Virginia, delivered to the hospital's entrance by a war veteran who has forced himself into their world. There, far from family, a beloved neighbor, and the mountain home they knew, they try to reclaim their lives. The omnipresent vagaries of war and race rise to the surface as we learn their story: their flight to the highest mountain ridges of western Virginia; the disappearance of ConaLee's father, who left for the War and never returned. Meanwhile, in the asylum, they begin to find a new path. ConaLee pretends to be her mother's maid; Eliza responds slowly to treatment. They get swept up in the life of the facility -- the mysterious man they call the Night Watch; the orphan child called Weed; the fearsome woman who runs the kitchen; the remarkable doctor at the head of the institution."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
West Virginia Hospital for the Insane -- Fiction.
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Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
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Caregivers -- Fiction.
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Impersonation -- Fiction.
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Psychiatric hospitals -- Fiction.
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Veterans -- Fiction.
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Asylums -- Fiction.
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Mental illness -- Fiction.
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Mute persons -- Fiction.
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Large type books.
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West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction.
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West Virginia -- History -- To 1950 -- Fiction.
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West Virginia Hospital for the Insane. (OCoLC)fst01981429
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Asylums. (OCoLC)fst00819857
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Caregivers. (OCoLC)fst00847331
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Impersonation. (OCoLC)fst00968149
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Large type books. (OCoLC)fst00992678
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Mental illness. (OCoLC)fst01016547
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Mothers and daughters. (OCoLC)fst01026997
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Mute persons. (OCoLC)fst01031157
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Psychiatric hospitals. (OCoLC)fst01081047
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Veterans. (OCoLC)fst01165710
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West Virginia. (OCoLC)fst01205316
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American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658
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| Chronological Term |
To 1950
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Historical fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726640
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Large print books. (OCoLC)fst02061051
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Historical fiction.
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Large print books.
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| ISBN |
9781638089513 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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1638089515 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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