Today, Greensboro Daily Photo is talking books! Lee Smith's latest novel, "Guests on Earth," is one that comes highly recommended. Lee Smith was born in Virginia but has lived in Hillsborough, NC for many years. Her writing includes themes related to life in the Southeastern United States and, as in the case of the above book, relevant to life in North Carolina. "Guests on Earth" is set in Highland Mental Hospital in Asheville, NC between the years of 1938-1948.* Lee has researched documents to make the passages as accurate as possible not only about life in Highland Mental Hospital, but also about mental health treatment during that timeperiod. Althought not the protagonist, F.Scott Fitzgerald's wife Zelda was in and out of Highland for treatment and features prominently in the book. We don't want to spoil the book for you if you haven't read it yet, but Zelda is a secondary character.
The book is currently on the 'book club' circuit, including in Greensboro. Have you read it? Any of Lee Smith's books? We'd love to hear what you are reading and what you thought of the above book. If you have read "Guests on Earth," you might recognize the characters on that little shelf above the book. Just a little silliness, since we don't have a weather event to discuss today. Happy Tuesday; happy reading!
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