Confessions of Madame Psyche Paperback - 1998
by Dorothy Bryant; Afterword by J. J. Wilson
This enchanting novel is both a modern-day epic and a work of great emotional and spiritual depth. Mei-li Murrow is born in San Francisco in 1895, the illegitimate daughter of a charismatic con man and the Chinese prostitute he has "rescued" from the streets. When young Mei-li by chance predicts the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, her scheming half-sister exploits Mei-li as a psychic. But Mei-li rejects popular "spirituality" and seeks a truer vision.
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Mei-li Murrow, the illegitimate daughter of a Chinese prostitute and a white confidence man, is recreated as the medium "Madame Psyche" after she accidentally predicts the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Although she wins fame and fortune as a medium, Mei-li seeks a truer spirituality, and embarks on a pilgrimage that takes her to the death-soaked Europe of the First World War, to a utopian commune in the Santa Cruz Mountains in the 1920s, to Depression-era migrant work camps and cannery strikes, and finally to the Napa State Hospital, where she finds wisdom and peace among the outcasts of the asylum.
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- Title Confessions of Madame Psyche
- Author Dorothy Bryant; Afterword by J. J. Wilson
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 400
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Feminist Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date May 1998
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- ISBN 9781558611863 / 155861186X
- Weight 1.06 lbs (0.48 kg)
- Dimensions 8.52 x 5.57 x 1.26 in (21.64 x 14.15 x 3.20 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 1920's
- Chronological Period: 1851-1899
- Chronological Period: 1900-1919
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Cultural Region: West Coast
- Geographic Orientation: California
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97042178
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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