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Confessions of Madame Psyche Paperback - 1998

by Dorothy Bryant; Afterword by J. J. Wilson

This enchanting novel is both a modern-day epic and a work of great emotional and spiritual depth. Mei-li Murrow is born in San Francisco in 1895, the illegitimate daughter of a charismatic con man and the Chinese prostitute he has "rescued" from the streets. When young Mei-li by chance predicts the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, her scheming half-sister exploits Mei-li as a psychic. But Mei-li rejects popular "spirituality" and seeks a truer vision.


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Mei-li Murrow, the illegitimate daughter of a Chinese prostitute and a white confidence man, is recreated as the medium "Madame Psyche" after she accidentally predicts the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Although she wins fame and fortune as a medium, Mei-li seeks a truer spirituality, and embarks on a pilgrimage that takes her to the death-soaked Europe of the First World War, to a utopian commune in the Santa Cruz Mountains in the 1920s, to Depression-era migrant work camps and cannery strikes, and finally to the Napa State Hospital, where she finds wisdom and peace among the outcasts of the asylum.

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  • Title Confessions of Madame Psyche
  • Author Dorothy Bryant; Afterword by J. J. Wilson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 400
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Feminist Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date May 1998
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9781558611863 / 155861186X
  • Weight 1.06 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.52 x 5.57 x 1.26 in (21.64 x 14.15 x 3.20 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1920's
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1919
    • Cultural Region: Western U.S.
    • Cultural Region: West Coast
    • Geographic Orientation: California
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: Coming of Age
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97042178
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Dorothy Bryant is a native San Franciscan, the daughter of immigrants from northern Italy. She attended public schools in the Mission District, then San Francisco State University, completing a BA in music (1950) and an MA in creative writing (1964). From 1953 to 1976 she taught music and English in Bay Area high schools and colleges, spending the most time at Contra Costa College, after moving to Berkeley in 1964. She began writing fiction and articles in 1960.
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