Literature
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Book review: Author finds joy life offers in 'On the Bright Side'Mar 08, 2020 7:27 am - "On the Bright Side" by Melanie Shankle; Zondervan; 224 pages With the craziness of today's society, it's essential that we figure out a way to ground ou...
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Book review: Louise Erdrich has chosen a story near to her heartMar 07, 2020 6:28 am - "The Night Watchman" by Louise Erdrich; Harper; 464 pages At the start of Louise Erdrich's stunning new novel, "The Night Watchman," Thomas Wazhushk, Chi...
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Review: Former Navy SEAL Mark Devine writes leadership book
Mar 06, 2020 6:00 am - 'œStaring Down the Wolf: 7 Leadership Commitments That Forge Elite Teams,'ť St. Martin's Press, by Mark Divine Safe to say that Navy SEALs are considered to be the most ...
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Review: Authors take readers through the history of drag
Mar 06, 2020 6:00 am - 'œLegendary Children: The First Decade of RuPaul's Drag Race and the Last Century of Queer Life,'ť Penguin Books, by Tom Fitzgerald & Lorenzo Marquez In 'œLegendary Chil...
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Review: A single mother pursues justice in `Hide Away'
Mar 06, 2020 6:00 am - 'œHide Away,'ť Thomas & Mercer, by Jason Pinter Single mother Rachel Marin has taken her two kids and moved to another city to forget a tragic incident that changed the...
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Review: `Deacon King Kong' has many plot twists
Mar 05, 2020 6:00 am - 'œDeacon King Kong: a Novel," Riverhead Books, by James McBride James McBride's sumptuous new novel, 'œDeacon King Kong,'ť opens as a crime drama when an aging drunk kno...
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Review: `The Jetsetters' is story of a dysfunctional family
Mar 05, 2020 6:00 am - 'œThe Jetsetters: a Novel," Ballantine Books, by Amanda Eyre Ward Family vacations abroad can be an experience of a lifetime for some families. For others, the thought o...
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Review: Book makes readers think about dying in a new way
Mar 04, 2020 6:00 am - 'œDaisy Cooper's Rules for Living,'ť HarperCollins, by Tamsin Keily Due to a clerical error made by Death himself, 23-year-old Daisy Cooper dies decades before she is sc...
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Review: 'Grace Kelly Dress' redefines storybook ending
Mar 04, 2020 6:00 am - 'œThe Grace Kelly Dress: a Novel,'ť Graydon House, by Brenda Janowitz Three generations of women, each one reflective - and dare I say, ahead of her own formative moment...
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Review: `The Lost Family' takes deep dive into DNA testing
Mar 04, 2020 6:00 am - 'œThe Lost Family,'ť Abrams Books, by Libby Copeland Journalist Libby Copeland's 'œThe Lost Family'ť is a fascinating deep dive into the massively popular world of direc...