The Magic Barrel Lotion This timely—and timeless—book takes a

This timely—and timeless—book takes a fresh look at the unforgettable women of mythology

Then she is orphaned

Bruno must learn whether it was an accident

but Krista totally deserved it

By TJ Klune Bradley

The Magic Barrel Lotion This timely—and timeless—book takes aBy Bernard Malamud Paperback Introduction by Jhumpa Lahiri Bernard Malamud's first book of short stories, The Magic Barrel, has been recognized as a classic from the time it was published in 1959. The stories are set in New York and in Italy (where Malamud's alter ego, the struggleing New York Jewish Painter Arthur Fidelman, roams amid the ruins of old Europe in search of his artistic patrimony); they tell of egg candlers and shoemakers, matchmakers,