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Best-Selling author Sharyn McCrumb, internationally-acclaimed for the "peaceful fireplace"* of her Appalachian Ballad books, obviously has a dark side--an evil, sardonic humor that's caused critics to compare her to Jane Austen and Jonathan Swift. Visitors and writers alike also provide praised Ms. McCrumb for her impressed stories of forensic anthropologist Elizabeth MacPherson. In her latest story within the MacPherson fable, McCrumb investigates culture's desire for elegance--and the deceptiveness of external looks.