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Can I read Sarah Canary on EtoBox?
Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Sarah Canary about?
When black cloaked Sarah Canary wanders into a Chinese labor camp in the Washington territories in 1873, Chin Ah Kin is ordered by his uncle to escort "the ugliest woman he could imagine" away. Far away. But Chin soon becomes the follower. In the first of many such instances, they are separated, both resurfacing some days later at an insane asylum. Chin has run afoul of the law and Sarah has been committed for observation. Their escape from the asylum in the company of another inmate sets into motion a series of adventures and misadventures that are at once hilarious, deeply moving, and downright terrifying.
Who reads Sarah Canary?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Karen Joy Fowler
- Publisher
- Sceptre
- Published
- 1992
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780340574621
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities
- Rating
- 3.44 / 5 (1,034 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
Other editions & translations
- Sarah Canary (2023)
- Sarah Canary (2015)
- Sarah Canary (1990)
- Sarah Canary: a novel (2012)
- Sarah Canary (1993)
- Sarah Canary. by Karen Joy Fowler (1991)
- Sarah Canary (2012)
- Sarah Canary. by Karen Joy Fowler (2012)
- Sarah Canary: a novel (1991)
- Sarah Canary (2004)
- Sarah Canary / M (2004)
- Sarah Canary (Ballantine Reader's Circle) (1998)
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