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Sara Paretskyis guru created Detroit personal eye  V.I. Warshawski a home name.  Now the Brand New York Times best-selling writer examines an invisible part of the town she loves.  In Cat Nation she's created a tale for the century, a strong, haunting book of magic and wonders, of four struggling individuals who meet beneath Chicago's shadowy streets--and of the woman whose mystical look changes all of the lives forever.They originate from different sides and meet at the same time of disaster for all of them.  Luisa, a drunken queen fallen on difficult times, finds on Chicago's streets an episode more than any she's experienced onstage.  Madeleine, a destitute woman, views the Virgin Jane's body leaking via a real wall beneath a luxurious hotel.  Mara, a rebellious teenage cast out by her rich grandmother, becomes the driver for a battle between your haves and have nots as she queries among society's castoffs for mom she never knew.  As the three ladies struggle for their to stay and praise beneath the resort, they find an ally in Hector Tammuz, an idealistic young doctor jeopardizing his profession to deal with the displaced whatever the cost.  Tensions within the town are increasing whenever a strange girl looks throughout a chaotic storm.  Erotic with a, repellent to others, she never Talks; the road folks contact her Starr.  And as she gradually changes their lives, miracles start to happen in a town totally unprepared for the outcome.  In this remarkable book, Sara Paretsky provides voice to the dispossessed, to men and women striving to bury the ghosts of yesteryear, battling for their lives in a global hungry for miracles, scared of change.  An enchanting, memorable tale of fantasy and chaos, wish and thought, Cat Nation is Sara Paretskyis most elegant and formidable function yet.From the Hardcover version.