Literature
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Review: Book gives vibrant new portrait of artist Helen Frankenthaler
Mar 27, 2021 7:30 am - "Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York" by Alexander Nemerov (Penguin Press) There are doorstop biographies, and then there are appreciati...
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Review: 'A Million Reasons Why' is about a family secret
Mar 23, 2021 7:00 am - 'œA Million Reasons Why'ť by Jessica Strawser (St. Martin's Press) Jessica Strawser's 'œA Million Reasons Why'ť is a thrilling story of what happens when a long-held fam...
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Book review: An indiscretion, a stalker and a wedding fuel 'Every Vow You Break'
Mar 23, 2021 6:00 am - "Every Vow You Break" by Peter Swanson (William Morrow) When Bruce, a fabulously wealthy financier, proposes to Abigail after only three dates, she says ...
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Review: Vibrant new portrait of artist Helen Frankenthaler
Mar 22, 2021 7:00 am - 'œFierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York,'ť by Alexander Nemerov (Penguin Press) There are doorstop biographies, and then there are appreciations. Alexande...
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Review: An indiscretion, a stalker and a wedding fuel novel
Mar 22, 2021 7:00 am - 'œEvery Vow You Break,'ť by Peter Swanson (William Morrow) When Bruce, a fabulously wealthy financier, proposes to Abigail after only three dates, she says yes. Then sh...
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West Dundee author launches book to honor vow made to his daughterMar 21, 2021 11:00 pm - On April 5, 2017, Jamie Brakefield of West Dundee passed away from a drug overdose. She was 27 years old. Her family was told the day before she passed that some years e...
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Book review: Elk hunters become the hunted in novel 'Dark Sky'
Mar 15, 2021 5:00 am - "Dark Sky" by C.J. Box (Putnam) Steve Price, the billionaire left coast CEO of a social media company, wants to go elk hunting in Wyoming. He's hankering...
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Remembering the original Addison Public Library with one of the first lifelong patronsMar 14, 2021 11:00 pm - One of the hardest parts of operating a library during a pandemic is the missed human connections. But Addison Public Library staff are finding new ways to connect with ...
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Book review: Take a ride into the greatest frontier in science
Mar 13, 2021 10:00 pm - “The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing and the Future of the Human Race” by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster) Walter Isaacson did a masterful ...
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Murder, but gentler: 'Cozy' mysteries a pandemic-era balm
Mar 13, 2021 6:26 am - "A book," author Neil Gaiman may or may not have said, "is a dream you hold in your hand." And right now, in an era of pandemic and polarization, Americans have - and ne...