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Newly married, pregnant, and living far from home with her hard-drinking Southern in-laws, Lily Austin escapes the humiliations and disappointments of her circumscribed life by reading everything she can find about the intrepid Victorian explorer Mary Kingsley. She writes Kingsley imaginary letters and eventually starts a stage play about her titled Hello to the Cannibals. Presumably, the play will...Log In or Sign Up to Read More