02453cam a2200409 i 4500 306338730 TxAuBib 20150806120000.0 150403s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015011920 9780143126751 pbk. $16.00 014312675X pbk. $16.00 (OCoLC)893894987 TxAuBib rda O'Connor, Nuala, 1970- Miss Emily / Nuala O'Connor. New York, New York : Penguin Books, [2015] 239 pages ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Striking up a deep friendship with reclusive poet Emily Dickinson, plucky Irish maid Ada Concannon struggles with Emily's obsessive life, which is called into question when the poet endeavors to protect Ada's reputation. "The American debut of an award-winning Irish writer that brings to life Emily Dickinson and will enthrall fans of Longbourn and Mrs. Poe Nuala O'Connor's enchanting American debut novel, Miss Emily, reimagines the private life of Emily Dickinson, one of America's most beloved poets, through her own voice and through the eyes of her family's Irish maid. Eighteen-year-old Ada Concannon has just been hired by the respected but eccentric Dickinson family of Amherst, Massachusetts. Despite their difference in age and the upstairs-downstairs divide, Ada strikes up a deep friendship with Miss Emily, the gifted elder daughter living a spinster's life at home. But Emily's passion for words begins to dominate her life. She will wear only white and avoids the world outside the Dickinson homestead. When Ada's safety and reputation are threatened, however, Emily must face down her own demons in order to help her friend, with shocking consequences."-- Provided by publisher. 20150806. Dickinson, Emily 1830-1886 Fiction. Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886. Women household employees Fiction. Female friendship Fiction. Historical fiction. Female friendship. Women household employees. Biographical fiction. Biographical fiction. Fiction. Historical fiction. TXMAR