Literature
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Gail Borden blooming with fun for all ages this springMar 30, 2021 3:11 PM - Celebrate spring with singing, dancing, exploring the wonders of nature and, of course, reading at Gail Borden Public Library.
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Huntley Area Public Library to host fireside chat with author John Sandford April 14Mar 30, 2021 2:58 PM - The Huntley Area Public Library invites you to join a live virtual fireside chat with best-selling author, novelist, former journalist, and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize John Sandford.
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Review: Tammy Duckworth illustrates a bold refusal to quit
Mar 30, 2021 7:56 AM - Tammy Duckworth's path to U.S. senator from Illinois was strewn with obstacles that would have defeated all but the most determined
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Book review: A bear's life tells the history of global warming
Mar 30, 2021 7:55 AM - "As an ambassador, the polar bear is imperfect," writes author Kale Williams in his new book, "The Loneliest Polar Bear: A True Story of Survival and Peril on the Edge of a Warming World."
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Book review: 'A Million Reasons Why' a thrilling tale filled with family secrets
Mar 28, 2021 7:28 AM - Jessica Strawser's "A Million Reasons Why" is a thrilling story of what happens when a long-held family secret comes to light.
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Review: Book gives vibrant new portrait of artist Helen Frankenthaler
Mar 27, 2021 7:30 AM - There are doorstop biographies, and then there are appreciations. Alexander Nemerov has taken the latter approach in "Fierce Poise," his vibrant, sympathetic portrait of Helen Frankenthaler. It focuses on 11 consequential days in the 1950s, the decade when she came of age as one of the leading painters of her generation.
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Review: 'A Million Reasons Why' is about a family secret
Mar 23, 2021 12:45 PM - Associated Press critic Molly Sprayregen says 'A Million Reasons Why' by Jessica Strawser is a thrilling story of what happens when a long-held family secret comes to light
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Book review: An indiscretion, a stalker and a wedding fuel 'Every Vow You Break'
Mar 23, 2021 6:00 AM - When Bruce, a fabulously wealthy financier, proposes to Abigail after only three dates, she says yes. Then she gets drunk at a bachelorette party that he paid for and sleeps with a complete stranger. This beginning -- and the book title, "Every Vow You Break," which calls to mind a famous stalker song by The Police -- sets readers up for what the publisher's hype has promised: A thriller.
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West Dundee author launches book to honor vow made to his daughterMar 22, 2021 7:06 PM - On April 5, 2017, 27-year-old Jamie Brakefield of West Dundee passed away from a drug overdose. Her family was told the day before she passed that some years earlier she had signed up to be an organ donor. Because she was so young and strong, the donor organization said her decision would directly affect at least 20 lives.
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Review: An indiscretion, a stalker and a wedding fuel novel
Mar 22, 2021 1:47 PM - Peter Swanson's new novel, 'Every Vow You Break,' gets off to a slow start, but Associated Press reviewer Bruce DeSilva says the pace picks up in the second half of the book
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