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- catalog abstract "The elderly couple in this fine novel, a retired schoolteacher and the doctor with whom she has had a lifelong, tender love affair, find that, almost by accident, they have forfeited control of their own lives. Trapped in a nursing home, they are the victims of the biblical "apostles of light," the deceitful do-gooders who profess righteousness. In subtle, elegant prose Ellen Douglas recounts a gripping story of their brave attempt to free themselves from a dreadful plight. They must confront both their corrupt and evil custodians and their well-meaning younger relatives who are tempted by greed, ambition, cowardice, and indifference.".
- catalog contributor b7189963.
- catalog coverage "Southern States Fiction.".
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description "The elderly couple in this fine novel, a retired schoolteacher and the doctor with whom she has had a lifelong, tender love affair, find that, almost by accident, they have forfeited control of their own lives. Trapped in a nursing home, they are the victims of the biblical "apostles of light," the deceitful do-gooders who profess righteousness. In subtle, elegant prose Ellen Douglas recounts a gripping story of their brave attempt to free themselves from a dreadful plight. They must confront both their corrupt and evil custodians and their well-meaning younger relatives who are tempted by greed, ambition, cowardice, and indifference.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 307 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0878057374 (unjacketed cloth)".
- catalog identifier "0878057382 (paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Banner books (Jackson, Miss.)".
- catalog isPartOf "Banner books".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Jackson : University Press of Mississippi,".
- catalog spatial "Southern States Fiction.".
- catalog spatial "Southern States".
- catalog subject "813/.54 20".
- catalog subject "Families Southern States Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Nursing home patients Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Nursing home patients Southern States Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Nursing homes Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Nursing homes Southern States Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Older people Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Older people Southern States Fiction.".
- catalog subject "PS3554.O825 A87 1994".
- catalog title "Apostles of light : a novel / by Ellen Douglas ; with an introduction by Elizabeth Spencer.".
- catalog type "Domestic fiction. lcsh".
- catalog type "Domestic fiction.".
- catalog type "text".