Ghost Country (Wheeler Large Print Book Series) - Hardcover

Paretsky, Sara

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1568956827 ISBN 13: 9781568956824

Publisher: Wheeler Pub Inc, 1998

Synopsis

Tells the story of three Chicagoans--a disturbed young woman, an alcoholic opera singer, and an idealistic psychiatrist--whose lives are changed by a mysterious woman

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About the Author

Sara Paretsky lives in Chicago with her husband. She is the author of the V. I. Warshawski novels, all published by Hamish Hamilton and Penguin: INDEMNITY ONLY (1987), DEADLOCK (1987), KILLING ORDERS (1987), BITTER MEDICINE (1988), TOXIC SHOCK (1990), GUARDIAN ANGEL (1992), TUNNEL VISION (1995), V. I. FOR SHORT (1996).

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

Edition details

• Publisher: Wheeler Pub Inc
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1568956827
• ISBN 13: 9781568956824
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 525