Sister Noon

Loosely based in historical fact Sister Noon is a wryly funny playfully mysterious and totally subversive novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Jane Austen Book Club.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.