by Karen Joy Fowler · Serpent's Tail · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781781255490
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«Sister Noon» is the historical fiction novel by Karen Joy Fowler, published by Serpent's Tail in paperback (304 pages, in English).
San Francisco, 1890. Lizzie Hayes, a seemingly docile spinster, does charity work at the Home of the Ladies' Relief and Protection Society, the Brown Ark. The arrival of the enigmatic Mary Ellen Pleasant with an orphan unsettles her: her dark past and supposed voodoo practices will unleash Lizzie's rebelliousness.
The work originally appeared in 2001 and was nominated for the 2002 PEN/Faulkner Award. This edition of «Sister Noon» is the «Main» and went on sale on May 14, 2015.
Will appeal to fans of historical fiction and readers of Karen Joy Fowler's novel «We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves».
Karen Joy Fowler is an American author of science fiction, fantasy, and literary fiction. Her work often centers on the nineteenth century, the lives of women, and social alienation.
