Tonic and Balm
Publisher: Shade Mountain Press
Published: Feb 05, 2019
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780998463438
Description: "It's 1919, and Doc Bell's Miracles and Mirth Medicine Show is on the road, performing variety acts onstage and peddling miracle 'cures' to the gullible. The show's been around for decades, but now it's struggling to stay afloat amid internal discord and dwindling sales. Set against a backdrop of rural poverty and a wave of anti-black violence, Tonic and balm examines the tenuous solidarity and shifting alliances of people on the fringes of society"--Page 4 of cover.