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010 $a 00046025
020 $a0399147500 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm45207916
035 $9ATH9903CU
035 $a3029815
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dOrLoB-B
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050 00 $aPS3556.O844$bS57 2001
082 00 $a813/.54$221
100 1 $aFowler, Karen Joy.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89649547
245 10 $aSister Noon /$cKaren Joy Fowler.
260 $aNew York :$bG.P. Putnam's Sons,$c[2001], ©2001.
300 $a321 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $a"A Marian Wood book"--T.p. verso.
520 1 $a"San Francisco in the Gilded Age: great fortunes are being made and family dynasties established as new money erases the often unsavory pasts and shady dealings of their founders. It is a city bursting at its seams - each day bringing new monuments to unbridled ego and ostentatious bad taste - a city ruled by a self-selected elite grounded in gentility and fueled by gossip and greed.".
520 8 $a"By dint of birth, Lizzie Hayes is part of this elite. But Lizzie, seemingly so docile, hides within her a passionate heart. All she needs is the spark that will liberate her from the ruling conventions. And that spark is Mary Ellen Pleasant.
520 8 $aWith her appearance on Lizzie's doorstep, she brings not only mystery and a whiff of disrepute, but also the key that will unlock Lizzie's rebellious nature. "You can do anything you want," she tells Lizzie. "You don't have to be the same person your whole life.""--BOOK JACKET.
651 0 $aSan Francisco (Calif.)$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008111424
650 0 $aWomen$zCalifornia$zSan Francisco$vFiction.
655 7 $aHistorical fiction.$2gsafd
655 7 $aBildungsromans.$2gsafd
852 00 $boff,glx$hPS3556.O844$iS57 2001