Literature
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Book review: 'Prized Girl' has complex, well-drawn characters
Jan 18, 2020 7:20 AM - At age 14, Jenny finally had her fill of beauty pageants. "The Prized Girl" of Amy K. Green's title just wanted to know what it would be like to shed her beauty queen image and be a normal eighth-grade student. She never got the chance. -
Wheaton College Artist Series continues with Jan. 24 concert
Jan 17, 2020 7:26 PM - The Wheaton College Artist Series continues this month with tenor Ian Bostridg and guitarist Xuefei Yang. -
Wolves players ready to make 'Read to Succeed' visits in Cary, Woodrige and Chicago Ridge
Jan 14, 2020 8:01 PM - Several Chicago Wolves players are visiting local libraries during January and February as part of the team's "Read to Succeed" program, presented by J.U.L.I.E. Call 811. -
Ahead of Naperville appearance, Peter Asher shares his long and winding road with The Beatles
Jan 14, 2020 6:57 PM - A new book by Beatles insider and Grammy-winning producer Peter Asher is a guide to the Beatles universe and his own role in the British Invasion. But Asher doesn't profess to be a band expert. "What I am is a Beatles fan," he said ahead of his book tour stop in Naperville Wednesday. -
Review: `Between Two Fires' explores Putin's Russia
Jan 14, 2020 10:48 AM - In a review of 'Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin's Russia' by Joshua Yaffa, Jeff Rowe writes that the book is a fascinating exploration of the beliefs and psyches of Russians in many different career fields who reveal their souls to Yaffa, often to a surprising degree but with little apparent fear of reprisal
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Review: Cat-and-mouse game skillfully told in debut novel
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Book review: 'Hill Women' narrates life in Appalachian Mountains
Jan 14, 2020 6:00 AM - The stories in "Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains" by Cassie Chambers are well-written and easy to digest. The book is a collection of personal memories and those of Chambers' family members that narrate life in Kentucky's thinly populated and impoverished Owsley County. -
Review: Survival takes many forms in `The Poison Garden'
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Review: Tanen Jones offers a gripping plot in `Better Liar'
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Review: `Prized Girl' has complex, well-drawn characters
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