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On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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"A Shannon Ravenel Book."
It is 1936 when orphaned thirteen-year-old Evalina Toussaint is admitted to Highland Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, a mental institution known for its innovative treatments for nervous disorders and addictions. Taken under the wing of the hospitals most notable patient, Zelda Fitzgerald, Evalina witnesses the cascading events leading up to the tragic fire of 1948 that killed nine women in a locked ward, Zelda among them.

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I'm glad I wasn't a patient submitted by Penny Johnson on July 10, 2015, 7:34pm The story of the events leading up to the tragic fire in 1948 at Highland Hospital in Asheville, NC that killed 9 women including Zelda Fitzgerald. The relationship between Zelda and the main character was unstable, but so were they along with everyone else there including the staff. An good, and heavy, historical fiction read.