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"Perfect on so many levels that I don't even know where to begin." —Addison Armstrong, Author of The War Librarian
Once a trailblazer in the field of medicine, Dr. Tucia Hatherley hasn't touched a scalpel or stethoscope since she made a fatal mistake in the operating theater. Instead, she works in a corset factory, striving to earn enough to support her disabled son. When even that livelihood is threatened, Tucia is left with one option—to join a wily, charismatic showman named Huey and become part of his traveling medicine show.
Her medical license lends the show a pretense of credibility, but the cures and tonics Tucia is forced to peddle are little more than purgatives and bathwater. Loathing the duplicity, even as she finds uneasy kinship with the other misfit performers, Tucia vows to leave as soon as her debts are paid and start a new life with her son—if Huey will ever let her go.
When the show reaches Galveston, Texas, Tucia tries to break free from Huey, only to be pulled even deeper into his schemes. But there is a far greater reckoning ahead, as a September storm becomes a devastating hurricane that will decimate the Gulf Coast—and challenge Tucia to recover her belief in medicine, in the goodness of others—and in herself.
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April 1, 2024
In her latest, Skenandore (The Undertaker's Assistant, 2019) presents Dr. Tucia Hatherley, an impoverished former physician desperate to erase her debts. Seduced by Huey Horn, a literal snake-oil salesman, Tucia agrees to serve with his traveling medicine show in exchange for paying off her creditors. Huey is a cruel obligee, and his demands grow increasingly unreasonable not only for Tucia, but for the rest of the ensemble as well. Skenandore focuses on the rich inner lives of the other performers: Fanny, a giantess and classically trained ballerina; Cal, a disabled musical prodigy; Lawrence, a Native American comedic genius; and Darl, a talented mechanic and carpenter. As the troupe travels across Texas, Huey makes the ill-fated decision to bring them to Galveston in time for the deadliest natural disaster in American history. Skenandore toys with the reader, letting certain characters' lives hang in the balance, but ultimately and enjoyably resolves each person's fate.COPYRIGHT(2024) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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