01669cam a2200397 4500 214841610 TxAuBib 20140607120000.0 130607s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013019639 9781616202538 161620253X DLC eng DLC ICrlF TxAuBib Smith, Lee, 1944- Guests on Earth : a novel / Lee Smith. Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books Of Chapel Hill, 2013. 337 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. "A Shannon Ravenel Book"--T.p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-337). Library Journal, October 2013. Publisher's Weekly, August 2013. Booklist, August 2013. Library Journal. Publisher's Weekly. Booklist. 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. Adult. 20140607. Fitzgerald, Zelda 1900-1948 Fiction. Orphans Fiction. Teenage girls Fiction. Pianists Fiction. Girls Fiction. Psychological fiction. Historical fiction.