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SUMMARY:Book Discussion: "The Second Life of Mirielle West" by A
 manda Skenandore
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LOCATION:McClay Branch, 2760 McClay Rd, St Charles, MO 63303, United State
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ROOM: Community Room A&B
DESCRIPTION:Based on the true story of America’s only leper colony, The 
 Second Life of Mirielle West brings vividly to life the Louisiana institut
 ion known as Carville, where thousands of people were stripped of their ci
 vil rights, branded as lepers, and forcibly quarantined throughout the ent
 ire 20th century.For Mirielle West, a 1920’s socialite married to a sile
 nt film star, the isolation and powerlessness of the Louisiana Leper Home 
 is an unimaginable fall from her intoxicatingly chic life of bootlegged ch
 ampagne and the star-studded parties of Hollywood’s Golden Age. When a d
 octor notices a pale patch of skin on her hand, she’s immediately brande
 d a leper and carted hundreds of miles from home to Carville, taking a new
  name to spare her family and famous husband the shame that accompanies th
 e disease.At first she hopes her exile will be brief, but those sent to Ca
 rville are more prisoners than patients and their disease has no cure. Ins
 tead she must find community and purpose within its walls, struggling to r
 edefine her self-worth while fighting an unchosen fate.Find the ebook or e
 audiobook at stchlibrary.org
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