I like Ann Patchett's writing so I was happy to find The Magician's Assistant available on Libby. In this story Sabine is the magician's assistant. For twenty years she helped her husband with his magic tricks. When he died she learned that he had kept a secret from her. He made vague references to his past and his childhood but they were all lies. The magician's name was Parsifal. Parsifal was gay and had a lover named Phan. The three of them lived together. Parsifal married Sabine so she would be taken care of after his death. After his death Sabine learns that Parsifal grew up in Alliance, Nebraska and has siblings and a mother. Sabine gets to know Parsifal's family and has to do much explaining regarding his choices in life. His family helps ease her grief. I could hardly put them book down because it was so intriguing. Also, it doesn't have chapters so I never knew when would be a good time to put it down.
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