Literature
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Book review: Two love affairs fuel Jodi Picoult's 'The Book of Two Ways'
Sep 22, 2020 6:00 am - "The Book of Two Ways" by Jodi Picoult (Ballantine) Jodi Picoult's "The Book of Two Ways" follows Dawn Edelstein, a death doula with a physicist husband ...
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Glenbard Parent Series, College of DuPage to host author/activist Jason Reynolds Sept. 29Sep 21, 2020 11:00 pm - On Tuesday, Sept. 29, award-winning novelist Jason Reynolds will discuss his bestselling novel "Long Way Down" and his critically acclaimed nonfiction book "Stamped: Rac...
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Review: Craig Johnson mystery involving art creates art, too
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Book Review: Two love affairs fuel 'The Book of Two Ways'
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Book review: Mary Gordon finds beauty by examining an ugly past in 'Payback'
Sep 21, 2020 6:00 am - “Payback” by Mary Gordon (Pantheon) In true reality TV fashion, “Payback,” Mary Gordon's latest novel, begins with a teaser. It's 2018, and we're watchin...
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Book review: Ruth Ware's ingenious 'One by One' pays homage to Agatha Christie's 'And Then There Were None'
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Anderson's virtual book event to feature 'Love, Zac: Small-Town Football and the Life and Death of an American Boy'Sep 16, 2020 11:00 pm - Join Anderson's Bookshop for a virtual event with award-winning author Reid Forgrave and his new book, "Love, Zac: Small-Town Football and the Life and Death of an Ameri...
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DuPage Children's Museum's Storybook Festival Sept. 26 to explore sciences and the artsSep 16, 2020 11:00 pm - The DuPage Children's Museum invites families to get lost in their own imaginations at the Storybook Festival. On Saturday, Sept. 26, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., bookworms o...
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Book review: Ayad Akhtar's 'fever dream' of a fallen America
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New Frida Kahlo book coincides with buildup to COD exhibitSep 15, 2020 5:20 am - Her name evokes floral crowns and a signature unibrow. A merchandising empire puts her commercialized image on socks, kitchen towels and now face masks, stuff that has l...