"Women-Fiction." . . "Women." . . . "\"San Francisco in the Gilded Age; great fortunes are being made and family dynasties established as new money erases the often unsavory pasts and shady dealings of their founders. By dint of birth, Lizzie Hayes is part of this elite. But Lizzie, seemingly so docile, hides within her a passionate heart. All she needs is the spark that will liberate her from the ruling conventions. And that spark is Mary Ellen Pleasant.\"--Jacket."@en . "\"San Francisco in the Gilded Age; great fortunes are being made and family dynasties established as new money erases the often unsavory pasts and shady dealings of their founders. By dint of birth, Lizzie Hayes is part of this elite. But Lizzie, seemingly so docile, hides within her a passionate heart. All she needs is the spark that will liberate her from the ruling conventions. And that spark is Mary Ellen Pleasant.\"--Jacket." . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . . . . . "Sister noon" . "Sister noon"@en . . "Lizzie Hayes, a member of the San Francisco elite, is a seemingly docile, middle-aged spinster praised for her volunteer work with the Ladies Relief and Protection Society Home, or \"The Brown Ark\". All she needs is the spark that will liberate her from the ruling conventions. When the wealthy and well-connected, but ill-reputed Mary Ellen Pleasant shows up at the Brown Ark, Lizzie is drawn to her. It is the beautiful, but mysterious Mary Ellen, an outcast among the women of the elite because of her notorious past and her involvement in voodoo, who will eventually hold the key to unlocking Lizzie's rebellious nature. Loosely based in historical fact, Sister Noon is a wryly funny, playfully mysterious, and totally subversive novel from this \"fine writer\" whose \"language dazzles\" (San Francisco Chronicle)."@en . . . . "Fiction"@en . "Fiction" . "History"@en . . "Sister Noon" . "Sister Noon"@en . . . . "Bildungsromans"@en . "Bildungsromans" . . . . . . "Historical fiction" . "Historical fiction"@en . . . . "Lizzie Hayes, a member of the San Francisco elite, is a seemingly docile, middle-aged spinster praised for her volunteer work. That is until a spark from the mysterious and ill-reputed Mary Ellen Pleasant liberates her from ruling conventions." . "Lizzie Hayes, a member of the San Francisco elite, is a seemingly docile, middle-aged spinster praised for her volunteer work. That is until a spark from the mysterious and ill-reputed Mary Ellen Pleasant liberates her from ruling conventions."@en . . . . "San Francisco (Calif.)" . . "Bildungsromans." . . "1800 - 1899" . . . . "San Franscisco (Calif.)-Fiction." . . "Fiction." . . "FICTION / Literary." . . "California" . . "Women California San Francisco Fiction." . .