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The second life of Mirielle West

by Skenandore, Amanda
Published by : Kensington Publishing Corp. (New York, NY) Physical details: 376 pages 21 cm ISBN:9781496726513; 1496726510.
Subject(s): Louisiana Leper Home -- Fiction. | Socialites -- Louisiana -- Fiction. | Leprosy -- Patients -- Louisiana -- Fiction. | Leprosy -- Patients -- Social conditions -- Fiction. | Leprosy -- Patients -- Treatment -- Fiction. | Nineteen twenties -- Fiction. | Quarantine -- Louisiana -- Carville -- 20th century -- Fiction. | Personnalites -- Louisiane -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. | Lepreux -- Louisiane -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. | Socialites. | Carville (La.) | New Orleans (La.) | Louisiana -- Carville | Louisiana. | Louisiana -- New Orleans. | Fictional Work | Fiction. | Historical fiction. | Novels. | Romans.
Year: 2021
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For Mirielle West, a 1920's socialite married to a silent film star, the isolation and powerlessness of the Louisiana Leper Home in Carville is an unimaginable fall from the star-studded parties of Hollywood's Golden Age. Diagnosed by leprosy, at first she hopes her exile will be brief. But those sent to Carville are more prisoners than patients: the disease has no cure. Mirielle must find community and purpose while struggling to redefine her self-worth, despite the isolation, stigma, experimental treatments, and disparate community. -- adapted from back cover

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