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The Cage-maker - A Novel (Hardcover)
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The Cage-maker - A Novel (Hardcover)
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Bringing the New Orleans of the late 1800s and early 1900s vividly
to life, Nicole Seitz's latest novel unfolds as a series of
letters, journal entries, and newspaper articles discovered in the
secret compartment of an enormous and exquisitely detailed birdcage
that Trish, a twenty-first-century blogger, has inherited from a
heretofore unknown relative. As she peruses the documents, Trish
finds herself irresistibly drawn into the history of her family-a
tale that is, as one letter puts it, "part love story and part
horror and madness." In 1906 Dr. Rene Le Monnier is ready to retire
after a lengthy career as the New Orleans coroner and physician for
the insane asylum. Still mourning his wife's death, the Civil War
veteran wants nothing more than finally to write his account of the
Battle of Shiloh. But when a sixteen-year-old girl, Carmelite
Kurucar, enlists his aid in saving her brother from a death
sentence, the good doctor has to reckon with old ghosts and dusty,
long-forgotten files-in particular the case of a patient to whom he
may not have given sufficient treatment and consideration. Le
Monnier's efforts to help Carmelite lead him to Bertrand Saloy, one
of the richest men in all New Orleans; to the Le Monnier mansion,
which still haunts him; and down a dark family lineage "cursed" by
a succession of wealth. Amid the mysteries and suspenseful
intrigue, a French birdcage maker's obsessive love for Madame Saloy
emerges at the heart of the story. Based in part on real people and
events and featuring illustrations by the author, this engrossing
epistolary novel offers fresh twists on the Southern Gothic genre.
It reveals much about criminal justice, about
early-twentieth-century notions of care for the mentally ill, and,
most important, about the many ways in which the weight of history
hangs over the present from one generation to the next.
General
Imprint: |
University of South Carolina Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Story River Books |
Release date: |
August 2017 |
Authors: |
Nicole Seitz
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Foreword by: |
Cassandra King Conroy
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
248 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-61117-843-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Romance >
General
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LSN: |
1-61117-843-6 |
Barcode: |
9781611178432 |
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