The Second Life of Mirielle West
A Haunting Historical Novel Perfect for Book Clubs
$40.95
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
8 October 2021
Summary
The glamorous world of a silent film star’s wife abruptly crumbles when she’s forcibly quarantined at the Carville Lepers Home in this page-turning story of courage, resilience, and reinvention set in 1920s Louisiana and Los Angeles. Based on little-known history, this timely book will strike a chord with readers of Fiona Davis, Tracey Lange, and Marie Benedict.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781496726513 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1496726510 |
| Author: | Amanda Skenandore |
| Publisher: | Kensington Publishing |
| Imprint: | Kensington Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 8 October 2021 |
| Weight: | 360g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 139mm |
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Praise for The Second Life of Mirielle West
“Scrupulous in her research and practically clairvoyant in her choice of urgent subjects — from the Indigenous boarding schools of her first novel to the disease and quarantine of The Second Life of Mirielle West — historical novelist Amanda Skenandore has quietly become one of the valley’s finest authors.”
—The Las Vegas Review Journal
“Despite being a fictional work, in her book The Second Life of Mirielle West Amanda Skenandore has used her medical background as a registered nurse—and her storytelling skills as a writer—to describe the sorrows experienced by patients with leprosy who were quarantined at the Carville Leper Home, a hospital in Louisiana that used to provide quarantine and treatment services for leprosy in the USA throughout the 20th century.”
—The Lancet
About The Author
Amanda Skenandore
Amanda Skenandore is a historical fiction writer and registered nurse. Her debut novel, Between Earth and Sky, was the winner of the American Library Association’s RUSA Reading List for Best Historical Fiction Novel of the Year. She lives in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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