Revelator: A novel History_Gift_Guide and how they have shaped

and how they have shaped our ideas on everything from family and society to sexuality and culture

She weaves in her personal story with others’ to reconfigure our obsession with the cult of beauty and explore the reality of living in a world of paradoxes: we know our standards are unhealthy

Everts traces humanity's long quest to control sweat

Jason and Nicole’s married neighbors sing the praises of the 500 Mile Rule: their policy of enjoying themselves however they wish—and with whomever they wish—when they’re temporarily far apart

“An exhaustive work that is never exhausting

Revelator: A novel History_Gift_Guide and how they have shapedONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR The dark, gripping tale of a 1930s family in the remote hills of the Smoky Mountains, their secret religion, and the daughter who turns her back on their mysterious godfrom the acclaimed author of Spoonbenders. Gods and moonshine in the Great Depression, written with a tenderness and brutality this is as good as novels get. Stephen Graham Jones, author of The Only Good Indians In 1933, nine year old