Literature
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Book review: A fresh take on George Orwell as an avid gardener
Oct 24, 2021 7:28 am - "Orwell's Roses" by Rebecca Solnit (Viking) Weeks after Donald Trump was elected president, George Orwell's dystopian novel "1984" shot to the top of bes...
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Katie Couric discusses sharp memoir ahead of Chicago book tour stop Nov. 6
Oct 23, 2021 7:30 am - On a summer day in the Hamptons last year, Katie Couric and her husband, John Molner, went out for a walk and saw a familiar white jeep drive by with Matt Lauer at the w...
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Book review: Elizabeth Strout writes a 'Lucy Barton' sequel
Oct 23, 2021 7:29 am - "Oh William!" by Elizabeth Strout (Random House) Elizabeth Strout has written another voice-driven novel, the third in a series of books about the fictio...
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Review: A fresh take on George Orwell as an avid gardener
Oct 19, 2021 7:00 am - 'œOrwell's Roses,'ť by Rebecca Solnit (Viking) Weeks after Donald Trump was elected president, George Orwell's dystopian novel 'œ1984'ť shot to the top of bestseller lis...
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Book review: History, adventure collide in 'The Lincoln Highway'
Oct 19, 2021 6:00 am - "The Lincoln Highway" by Amor Towles (Viking) Home is different for 18-year-old Emmett Watson when he returns from a juvenile prison sentence for acciden...
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Schaumburg Library hosts Local Author Fair Oct. 23Oct 19, 2021 1:00 am - The Schaumburg Township District Library hosts its Local Author Fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23 at the central library, 130 S. Roselle Road in Schaumburg. ...
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Review: Elizabeth Strout writes a 'Lucy Barton' sequel
Oct 18, 2021 7:00 am - 'œOh William!'ť by Elizabeth Strout (Random House) Elizabeth Strout has written another voice-driven novel, the third in a series of books about the fictional writer Luc...
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Review: A book that reminds us of the many reasons to smile
Oct 18, 2021 6:00 am - "Little Pieces of Hope: Happy-Making Things in a Difficult World" by Todd Doughty (Penguin Life) Todd Doughty's "Little Pieces of Hope: Happy-Making Thin...
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Book review: Ron and Clint Howard reveal Hollywood success story
Oct 16, 2021 7:30 am - "The Boys" by Ron Howard and Clint Howard (William Morrow) "What was it like growing up on TV?" That's the question, along with the death of their father...
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Late Army staff sergeant's love of scuba diving inspires Palatine mom to write children's bookOct 15, 2021 5:30 am - Echo Morgan was having an especially painful, emotional day in July 2020 as she walked and thought about her late son Matt, who'd died five months earlier in a scuba div...