Search
Log in
  • Home

  • Categories

  • Audiobooks

  • E-books

  • For kids

  • Top lists

  • Help

  • Download app

  • Use campaign code

  • Redeem gift card

  • Try free now
  • Log in
  • Language

    🇩🇪 Deutschland

    • DE
    • EN

    🇧🇪 Belgique

    • FR
    • EN

    🇩🇰 Danmark

    • DK
    • EN

    🇪🇸 España

    • ES
    • EN

    🇫🇷 France

    • FR
    • EN

    🇳🇱 Nederland

    • NL
    • EN

    🇳🇴 Norge

    • NO
    • EN

    🇦🇹 Österreich

    • AT
    • EN

    🇨🇭 Schweiz

    • DE
    • EN

    🇫🇮 Suomi

    • FI
    • EN

    🇸🇪 Sverige

    • SE
    • EN
  1. Books
  2. Historic and folklore novels
  3. Historic novels

Read and listen for free for 42 days!

Cancel anytime

Try free now
5.0(1)

The Second Life of Mirielle West

1920s Los Angeles: Socialite Mirielle West's days are crowded with shopping, luncheons, and prepping for the myriad glittering parties she attends with her actor husband, Charlie. She's been too busy to even notice the small patch of pale skin on the back of her hand. Other than an occasional over-indulgence in gin and champagne, which helps to numb the pain of recent tragedy, Mirielle is the picture of health. But her doctor insists on more tests, and Mirielle reluctantly agrees.

The diagnosis—leprosy—is devastating and unthinkable. Changing her name to shield Charlie and their two young children, Mirielle is exiled to rural Louisiana for what she hopes will be a swift cure. But the hospital at Carville turns out to be as much a prison as a place of healing. Deaths far outnumber the discharges, and many patients have languished for years.

At first, Mirielle keeps her distance from other residents, unwilling to accept her new reality. Gradually she begins to find both a community and a purpose at Carville, helping the nurses and doctors while eagerly anticipating her return home. But even that wish is tinged with uncertainty. How can she bridge the divide between the woman, wife, and mother she was, and the stranger she has become? And what price is she willing to pay to protect the ones she loves?


Author:

  • Amanda Skenandore

Narrator:

  • Nicole Poole

Format:

  • Audiobook

Duration:

  • 12 h 40 min

Language:

English

Categories:

  • Historic and folklore novels
  • Historic novels

More by Amanda Skenandore

Skip the list
  1. The Medicine Woman of Galveston

    Amanda Skenandore

    audiobook
  2. The Nurse’s Secret

    Amanda Skenandore

    audiobook
  3. The Nurse’s Secret

    Amanda Skenandore

    audiobook
  4. The Undertaker’s Assistant

    Amanda Skenandore

    audiobook

Others have also read

Skip the list
  1. Wench : A Novel

    Dolen Perkins-Valdez

    audiobook
  2. Letters Across the Sea

    Genevieve Graham

    audiobookbook
  3. In Country

    Bobbie Ann Mason

    audiobook
  4. White Gardenia

    Belinda Alexandra

    book
  5. Pippo and Clara

    Diana Rosie

    audiobook
  6. The Last Days of Night

    Graham Moore

    book
  7. The Sun and Other Stars : A Novel

    Brigid Pasulka

    book
  8. The Women's March : A Novel of the 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession

    Jennifer Chiaverini

    audiobook
  9. The Liberation

    Kate Furnivall

    audiobookbook
  10. The Lost Diary of M : A Novel

    Paul Wolfe

    audiobook
  11. Death and the Maiden

    Samantha Norman, Ariana Franklin

    audiobook
  12. 33 Place Brugmann : A Novel

    Alice Austen

    audiobook

Help and contact


About us

  • Our story
  • Career
  • Press
  • Accessibility
  • Partner with us
  • Investor relations
  • Instagram
  • Facebook

Explore

  • Categories
  • Audiobooks
  • E-books
  • Magazines
  • For kids
  • Top lists

Popular categories

  • Crime
  • Biographies and reportage
  • Fiction
  • Feel-good and romance
  • Personal development
  • Children's books
  • True stories
  • Sleep and relaxation

Nextory

Copyright © 2025 Nextory AB

Privacy Policy · Terms · Imprint ·
Excellent4.3 out of 5