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GRAIN OF SALT Pediatrician Lillian Beard discusses and signs her book “Salt in Your Sock: And Other Tried-and-True Home Remedies” (Three Rivers Press), a collection of do-it-yourself fixes for minor ailments. The title comes from a recipe for soothing an earache, where salt is warmed in a pan, placed in a sock, and put against the ear. Saturday, 6 p.m., Hue-Man Bookstore, 2319 Frederick Douglass Boulevard at 125th Street, 212-665-7400, free.
WHITE ON WALKER Evelyn White reads from and signs her new biography, “Alice Walker: A Life” (Norton). Sunday, 6 p.m., Hue-Man Bookstore, 2319 Frederick Douglass Boulevard at 125th Street, 212-665-7400, free.
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