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      Sister Noon

      by Karen Joy Fowler
      Published
      May 2001
      Main Genre
      Historical Romance Hist. Romance
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      336
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      Loosely based in historical fact, Sister Noon is a wryly funny, playfully mysterious, and totally subversive novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Jane Austen Book Club.

      Lizzie Hayes, a member of the San Francisco elite, is a seemingly docile, middle-aged spinster praised for her volunteer work with the Ladies Relief and Protection Society Home, or "The Brown Ark". All she needs is the spark that will liberate her from the ruling conventions.

      When the wealthy and well-connected, but ill-reputed Mary Ellen Pleasant shows up at the Brown Ark, Lizzie is drawn to her. It is the beautiful, but mysterious Mary Ellen, an outcast among the women of the elite because of her notorious past and her involvement in voodoo, who will eventually hold the key to unlocking Lizzie's rebellious nature.

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      General Fiction Romance

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      Historical Historical Romance

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      Jun 2002 Penguin ISBN13 9780452283282 ISBN10 0452283280
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      First Edition May 2001 Putnam ISBN13 9780399147500 ISBN10 0399147500
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      Jun 2002 Serpent's Tail (UK) ISBN13 9781782832089 ISBN10 1782832084
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      Oct 2001 Thorndike Press ISBN13 9780786235490 ISBN10 0786235497
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