"Reading Lee Smith ranks among the great pleasures of American fiction . . . Gives evidence again of the grace and insight that distinguish her work." -Robert Stone, author of Death of the Black-Haired Girl It's 1936 when orphaned thirteen-year-old Evalina Toussaint is admitted to Highland Hospital, a mental institution in Asheville, North Carolina, known for its innovative treatments for nervous disorders and addictions. Taken under the wing...

On the run after being falsely accused of murder, the three Baudelaire orphans find themselves in the Heimlich Hospital, with the evil Count Olaf in close pursuit.

A humorous account of a New York City teenager's battle with depression and his time spent in a psychiatric hospital.

The Diviners face ghosts that are haunting an asylum and wreaking havoc all over New York City, forgotten ones with dangerous ties to the King of Crows.

While her father is in the hospital, thirteen-year-old Isla befriends Harry, the first boy to understand her love of the outdoors, and as Harry's health fails, Isla tries to help both him and the lone swan they see, struggling to fly, on the lake outside Harry's window.

Jessie, locked away in Pecan Place, struggles to hold onto her sanity, while Pietr, fighting to keep their relationship alive and aware that time is running out for his mother, makes a dangerous decision.

Stage performers Gabe and Mitzi Steiner captured America's heart for two decades. Now, after 60 wonderful years of marriage, Gabe has drifted into the fog of Alzheimer's, leaving Mitzi to ponder her future-alone. In the midst of her own grief, Mitzi encounters a battered young woman desperate for someone to help her pick up the broken pieces of her life.

While working for the summer at Tranquility, a heartbroken Lora is persuaded by Armand, son of the mad Duke of Idylling, to use her newfound magical abilities to rescue his brother Aubrey from a German prison.

When Little Critter breaks his leg in a soccer game, he makes his first trip to the hospital where he meets a doctor and gets his first X-ray and cast.

Mandy is thrilled when her dad wins first prize in the Christmas raffle--he is going to own a racehorse for a day.