KIRA SALAK
Saturday, August 16 at 2 p.m.

Highly regarded for her nonfiction books and the travels they chronicle—The Cruelest Journey, Four Corners—Kira Salak makes this welcome first appearance here to read from her debut novel, The White Mary (Henry Holt). "A young reporter embarks on a dangerous adventure in Salak's gripping debut novel, a blend of Heart of Darkness and Tomb Raider. Like her protagonist, Marika Vecera, award-winning journalist Salak has traveled solo—and narrowly escaped death—in the world's most remote and terrifying places, including war-torn Congo and the interior of Papua New Guinea. Marika, an ambitious journalist, travels to discover the truth about war correspondent Robert Lewis, who has observed some of the world's worst atrocities ... She sets off on her quest, and eventually malaria, ritual murder and arduous trekking through the wilderness lead Marika to some startling discoveries and a pathway out of her own past trauma." - Publishers Weekly.

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