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Elmhurst AAUW sale to feature thousands of used books, music

By Susan Pingitore, AAUW Elmhurst Area Branch
Jun 20, 2025 4:43 pm - AAUW Elmhurst is holding its used book sale June 26-29. Thousands of books and more for sale to fund scholarships and programs for women.
From the murders to manhunt: New book examines ‘human elements’ of Brown’s Chicken killings

By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas
Jun 20, 2025 4:30 am - A suburban native who was just a kid when the Brown's Chicken murders in Palatine shocked the nation has written a new book he hopes offers new insight into the killings. “It’s focused more on the human elements of the case, and not the gore of the crime itself,” said author Patrick Wohl.
Book Review: A fingerprint expert obsessed with learning the fate of her missing sister

By BRUCE DESILVA
Jun 17, 2025 6:21 am - Sixteen years have passed since Shaw Connolly’s teenage sister slipped out of their family home in Maine to party with friends and never came home. In author Gillian French’s “Shaw Connolly Lives To Tell,” Shaw isn’t the only one who is obsessed with finding her sister. Someone is obsessed with her.
Book Review: An aging widow’s European river cruise turns deadly in ‘Murder Takes a Vacation’

By BRUCE DESILVA
Jun 16, 2025 12:24 pm - Muriel Blossom began her fictional career as a minor character in 2008, serving as an assistant to private detective Tess Monaghan, the protagonist in 12 of Laura Lippman’s fine crime novels. In “Murder Takes a Vacation,” Mrs. Blossom, as she is always called, gets her star turn.
Geneva author turns real school headlines into poignant fiction

Submitted by Ellen Jo Ljung
Jun 12, 2025 2:00 pm - Ellen Jo Ljung draws on real-life tensions pushing teachers out of classrooms to pen timely fiction debut "Caught in the Crossfire.
Winfrey’s new book club pick marks the return of an old favorite, Wally Lamb

By HILLEL ITALIE
Jun 10, 2025 10:43 am - For her next book club pick, Oprah Winfrey is highlighting an author she has praised even before she had a book club. Winfrey announced Tuesday that she has chosen Wally Lamb’s new novel, “The River Is Waiting,” the story of a father torn by grief and guilt.
Book Review: Wally Lamb explores human cruelty and grace in prison with ‘The River is Waiting’

By ANITA SNOW
Jun 10, 2025 10:19 am - Corby Ledbetter is in trouble. In Wally Lamb’s new novel, “The River Is Waiting,” Corby has lost his job as a commercial artist and has developed a secret addiction to alcohol and pills, setting him on a dangerous path that leads to an unfathomable tragedy.
Wheaton’s Gary UMC hosts ‘Gilead’ book discussion this summer

Submitted by Janet Mathis
Jun 09, 2025 11:02 pm - The Pulitzer-Prize winning novel, "Gilead" by Marilynne Robinson, will be discussed every other Sunday from June 15 to July 27 at Gary United Methodist Church in Wheaton
Book Review: ‘Bob Dylan: Jewish Roots, American Soil’ doesn’t live up to book’s promise

By ANDREW DeMILLO
Jun 09, 2025 11:44 am - One of the most challenging things about any biography of Bob Dylan is piercing the reticence the legendary singer and songwriter has displayed in talking about his roots.
Book Review: Jess Walter’s ’So Far Gone’ sets a redemption story in fractured, modern America

By ROB MERRILL
Jun 09, 2025 11:23 am - When the history of the United States in 2025 is written, perhaps one of the best things that will be said is: “Well, it made for some great art.” Consider “So Far Gone,” the new novel by Jess Walter set in present-day America.

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