02676cam a2200493 i 4500 1907844818 TxAuBib 20250206120000.0 220831s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022039327 9780451493330 $28.00 0451493338 $28.00 TxAuBib rda Phillips, Jayne Anne, 1952-, author. Night Watch : a novel / Jayne Anne Phillips. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023. 275 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "In 1874, in the wake of the Civil War, eleven-year-old ConaLee and her mother arrive at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in West Virginia. They're delivered to the hospital's entrance by Papa--an abusive veteran who forces himself into their lives--after ConaLee's mother, who hasn't spoken in a year, grows even more withdrawn. Before he departs, Papa assigns them new identities and demands that ConaLee introduce herself as her mother's nurse--not her daughter--so they'll both be admitted and allowed to stay. There, far from family, their beloved neighbor, Dearbhla, and the home they know, ConaLee will care for her mother and try to reclaim their lives. Years earlier, ConaLee's father left for the war before she was born and never returned. After suffering a life-threatening head wound in battle, he couldn't remember his name, his family, or where he came from. Forced to start over, he takes the name of the doctor who gave him a second life, and ventures back into the world looking for work and the truth about his past"-- Provided by publisher. 20250206. West Virginia Hospital for the Insane Fiction. West Virginia Hospital for the Insane. fast 1800-1899. Mothers and Daughters Fiction. Mental illness Fiction. Psychiatric hospitals Fiction. Veterans Fiction. Psychiatric hospitals. fast Veterans. fast Mothers and daughters. fast Mental illness. fast West Virginia History 19th century Fiction. West Virginia History Civil War, 1861-1865 Fiction. West Virginia. fast Virginia. fast Historical fiction. fast Novels. fast Fiction. fast Novels. fast History. fast