Catherine Lacey’s new novel follows a polarizing artist through a fractured country. By Dwight Garner When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission ...

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Claire McCardell in the 1940s. By then she had begun designing a wide variety of items, including jewelry, ballet flats, outerwear to paper dolls and a signature fragrance called White Sash. (Maryland ...