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In an intoxicating story of resilience, repulsion, and the Roaring 20?s, the glamorous world of a silent film star?s wife abruptly crumbles when she?s forcibly quarantined at America?s only leper colony in Carville, Louisiana?Based on the little-known true story of America?s only leper colony, The Second Life of Mirielle West by RUSA Award-winning author Amanda Skenandore brings vividly to life the Louisiana institution known as Carville, where thousands of people were stripped of their civil rights, branded as lepers, and forcibly quarantined throughout the entire 20th century.* A 2023 Silicon Valley Reads Selection ** Reader's Digest Editor's Choice *Based on the true story of America?s only leper colony, The Second Life of Mirielle West brings vividly to life the Louisiana institution known as Carville, where thousands of people were stripped of their civil rights, branded as lepers, and forcibly quarantined throughout the entire 20th century. For Mirielle West, a 1920?s socialite

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