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The Last Widow
Karin Slaughter
The thriller writer brings back
medical examiner Sara Linton
and her partner Will Trent on
the case of a missing Centers for
Disease Control scientist and
the diabolical enemy behind the
plot.
Smokelore
Jim Auchmuteg
A guided tour of the history
of barbecue in America,
including vintage art and
recipes.
THE MAGNETIC GIRL
Jessica Handler
Memoirist Jessica Handler and
her mother shared an interest in
stories of remarkable women,
so years ago, when Handler’s
mother came across an article
about Lulu Hurst, she emailed a
copy to her daughter. The article
was titled “The Feats of the
Magnetic Girl Explained.” That
article would inspire Handler’s
debut novel, a fictionalized
account of Hurst’s days as
vaudeville act and how she supposedly
used magnetism in her body to lift people
seated in parlor chairs or to knock grown
men across the stage. Hurst later admitted in her own autobiography
that she was a charlatan and her powers were actually tricks and
stagecraft. For her version of Lulu’s story, Handler invented a sick
younger brother, who hopes Hurst’s magnetic powers might heal
him, and explores her relationship with her parents, who enjoy the
benefits of their daughter’s growing celebrity. Handler says she spent
about a decade working on the novel and even tried to perform some
of Hurst’s “magnetic tests” herself, but never fully mastered them.
“The chair thing, I can’t figure,” she said.
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