Ghost Country - Hardcover

Paretsky, Sara

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385299338 ISBN 13: 9780385299336

Publisher: Delacorte Pr, 1998

Synopsis

The author of the popular V. I. Warshawski mysteries tells the story of three Chicogoans--a disturbed young woman, an alcoholic opera singer, and an idealistic psychiatrist--whose lives are changed by a mysterious woman. 75,000 first printing. Tour.

About this title

About the Author:

Sara Paretsky lives in Chicago with her husband and their golden retriever.  She is the author of eight V.I. Warshawski novels, a short story collection, Windy City Blues, and the editor of A Woman's Eye and Women on the Case.

From the Inside Flap:

y's genius made Chicago private eye  V.I. Warshawski a household name.  Now the New York Times bestselling author explores an unseen corner of the city she loves.  In Ghost Country she has written a parable for the millennium, a powerful, haunting novel of magic and miracles, of four troubled people who meet beneath Chicago's shadowy streets--and of the woman whose mysterious appearance changes all of their lives forever.

They come from different worlds and meet at a time of crisis for all of them.  Luisa, a drunken diva fallen on hard times, discovers on Chicago's streets a drama greater than any she has experienced onstage.  Madeleine, a homeless woman, sees the Virgin Mary's blood seeping through a concrete wall beneath a luxury hotel.  Mara, a rebellious adolescent cast out by her wealthy grandfather, becomes the catalyst for a war between the haves and have-nots as she searches among society's casto

About this edition

• Publisher: Delacorte Pr
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0385299338
• ISBN 13: 9780385299336
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 386