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    "Status" fares for transportation are based on who you are, not on timing of purchase and travel or level of demand. Back in the heyday of rail travel, railroads used to post special fares for various sorts of customers, including deals for the clergy. With the advent of sophisticated analytics and greater control over inventory of capacity, status fares have changed. But you still find some.

      With her debut novel, “The Singer Sisters” (out Aug. 6, 2024 from Flatiron Books), Sarah Seltzer weaves together a multi-generational story of an alt rocker and her folk legend mother. Full of fractured relationships, deceit, love and mystery, the page turner reads like a confessional full of music that readers can almost hear. “I had a couple of notes that I had jotted down years ago about this idea of a family of folk singers that was loosely based on Rufus Wainwright and his family,” the author said in a Zoom interview from her New York home. “But I actually drew inspiration for [the character] Judy from my grandmother, who is very literary and preternaturally intelligent.” To keep up with Seltzer’s travels, follow her on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/sarahmseltzer/). For more information about her book, check out https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250907646/the-singer-sisters.

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