Night watch
(Book - Large Print)
Author
Published
Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2023.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
423 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Published
Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2023.
Format
Book - Large Print
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Regular print version previously published by Alfred A. Knopf.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 418-422).
Description
"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.
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Cottonwood Public Library - Large Type Area - New Arrivals | PHILLIPS, JAYNE NIG | In Transit | |
Prescott Public Library - Adult New Books | PHILLIPS, JAYNE | Checked Out | July 10, 2024 |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Asylums -- Fiction.
Caregivers -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Impersonation -- Fiction.
Large print books.
Large type books.
Mental illness -- Fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Mute persons -- Fiction.
Novels.
Psychiatric hospitals -- Fiction.
Veterans -- Fiction.
West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction.
West Virginia -- History -- To 1950 -- Fiction.
West Virginia Hospital for the Insane -- Fiction.
Caregivers -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Impersonation -- Fiction.
Large print books.
Large type books.
Mental illness -- Fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Mute persons -- Fiction.
Novels.
Psychiatric hospitals -- Fiction.
Veterans -- Fiction.
West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction.
West Virginia -- History -- To 1950 -- Fiction.
West Virginia Hospital for the Insane -- Fiction.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Phillips, J. A. (2023). Night watch (Center Point Large Print edition.). Center Point Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Phillips, Jayne Anne, 1952-. 2023. Night Watch. Center Point Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Phillips, Jayne Anne, 1952-. Night Watch Center Point Large Print, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Phillips, Jayne Anne. Night Watch Center Point Large Print edition., Center Point Large Print, 2023.
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