Items related to Sister Noon
Synopsis
A mystery set during the Gilded Age in turn-of-the-century San Francisco chronicles Lizzie HayesÆs rebellious odyssey away from the pretensions of the city's social elite and her journey toward liberation and passion, with the help of Mary Ellen Pleasant. 15,000 first printing.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
Karen Joy Fowler is the author of two novels, Sarah Canary and The Sweetheart Season, as well as the recent story collection Black Glass.
From Publishers Weekly
Subtle undercurrents of race and class propel this intriguing novel laden with historic fact and fancy, mystery, voodoo, frontier rough-and-tumble and turn-of-the-century social conventions. The characters rooted in this rich, exotic loam are an unforgettable crop. In 1890s San Francisco, Lizzie Hayes is a 40-year-old spinster, the well-born volunteer treasurer of the Ladies' Relief and Protection Society Home, familiarly called the Brown Ark because of its "shipwrecked, random air, like something the tides had left. In this respect, it matched the fortunes of most of its residents." One day, the notorious, fascinating and possibly dangerous Mrs. Mary Ellen Pleasant arrives at the door of the Brown Ark with a girl, Jenny Ijub, a disturbing and winsome child, perhaps four years old, rumored to be the daughter of a mother buried at sea and an unknown father, though Lizzie suspects he could be rich and thus a valuable resource for the Home. Every character's tale is complicated, unpredictable and often engrossing. Mrs. Pleasant, for instance, is a former slave (or is she?), wealthy as a railroad baron, charitable, a witch and a legendary cook. Still beautiful at 70, she is a purported dealer in underground markets where sex, opium and even murder are for sale. Fowler (Sarah Canary; The Sweetheart Season) moves her principals through time and space seamlessly and gracefully, and exquisitely renders San Francisco as it grows from outpost to city. The temporal shifts and the unreliability of some characters' histories may be temporarily disorienting, but readers who bear with Fowler will be handsomely rewarded.
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherPutnam Adult
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0399147500
- ISBN 13 9780399147500
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages288
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
US$ 59.00
Shipping:
FREE
Within U.S.A.
Other Popular Editions of the Same Title
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
Sister Noon
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Seller Inventory # V05J-00506
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Sister Noon
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.1. Seller Inventory # G0399147500I2N00
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Sister Noon
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.1. Seller Inventory # G0399147500I4N00
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Sister Noon
Seller: ThriftBooks-Reno, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.1. Seller Inventory # G0399147500I2N00
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Sister Noon
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.1. Seller Inventory # G0399147500I4N01
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Sister Noon ***SIGNED***
Published by
G.P. Putnam's Sons, NY, 2001
ISBN 10: 0399147500
ISBN 13: 9780399147500
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: William Ross, Jr., Annapolis, MD, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing with full number line. Signed, without inscription, by author on the FULL title page. Near fine book with bruised spine ends in Near Fine dust jacket. All our books are bubble wrapped and shipped in a sturdy box with Delivery Confirmation. NO remainder mark, NO previous owner markings or inscriptions, NOT price clipped, NOT a Book Club Edition, NOT an Ex-Lib. Dust jacket covered in protective clear wrapper. Signed. Seller Inventory # 014333
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Sister Noon
Published by
Putnam Adult May 2001, 2001
ISBN 10: 0399147500
ISBN 13: 9780399147500
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Burke's Book Store, Memphis, TN, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st. 0399147500 Tight, clean. Seller Inventory # 185129
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Sister Noon [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]
Published by
Putnam Adult, New York, 2001
ISBN 10: 0399147500
ISBN 13: 9780399147500
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: MostlySignedBooks, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good in very good dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by author on title page. Inscription is to fellow author Adair Lara. 1st edition, first printing, complete number line. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 288 p. Audience: General/trade. Slight edgewear to dust jacket, whose rear inner fold is creased. Softening to base of spine. Previous owner's initials written on top of page block. By the author of 'The Jane Austen Book Club' and 'What I Didn't See'. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a protective mylar sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # Alibris.0005680
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Sister Noon [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]
Published by
Putnam Publishing Group, New York, 2001
ISBN 10: 0399147500
ISBN 13: 9780399147500
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: MostlySignedBooks, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good in very good dust jacket. SIGNED by author on title page (signature only). 1st edition, first printing, complete number line. Slight edgewear to price-clipped dust jacket. Softening to base of spine. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 288 p. Audience: General/trade. By the author of 'The Jane Austen Book Club' and 'What I Didn't See'. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a protective mylar sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # Alibris.0003305
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Sister Noon
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket. Seller Inventory # 170712-MG16
Quantity: 1 available