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Biography 'Madam' by Debby Applegate explores how the US alcohol ban brought high society and the underworld together - and how a young woman exploited this for fame and fortune
FICTION The Hunger of Crows by Richard Chiappone Thirty-something Carla Merino finds herself living in her camper shell in Homer, Alaska, waitressing to st
Debby Applegate discusses her new biography of Polly Adler, and Matthew Pearl talks about “The Taking of Jemima Boone.”
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