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Writing the two women as if they were Jack Sprat and his wife would feel reductive if it weren’t for all the complications Broder throws in the mix.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2021

Sprat Spat Mrs. Sprat: Consuming fat is where it’s at, and that is that.

From Washington Post • Apr. 2, 2020

Getting slimmer and slimmer and trimmer and trimmer, Behold, Mrs. Sprat had reduced!

From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2016

When it comes to the fork, there’s no place like New York, Just ask Mrs. Sprat and she’ll tell you.

From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2016

It was this new sort of knowledge that Sprat had in mind when he defended the Royal Society from its critics, insisting that the starting point of the new knowledge, experimental evidence, was extremely reliable.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton