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Review: Authors take readers through the history of drag

MOLLY SPRAYREGEN
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...
Review: A single mother pursues justice in `Hide Away'

By JEFF AYERS
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...
Review: `Deacon King Kong' has many plot twists

By KENDAL WEAVER
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...
Review: `The Jetsetters' is story of a dysfunctional family

By LINCEE RAY
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...
Review: Book makes readers think about dying in a new way

By MOLLY SPRAYREGEN
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...
Review: 'Grace Kelly Dress' redefines storybook ending

By SAMANTHA CRITCHELL
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...
Review: `The Lost Family' takes deep dive into DNA testing

By MOLLY SPRAYREGEN
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...
Glenbard Parent Series to host champion of diversity in literature

By Peg Mannion Glenbard District 87
Mar 03, 2020 10:00 pm - The Glenbard Parent Series: Navigating Healthy Families will present a young adult author event with award-winning novelist Nicola Yoon at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, at...
Are these 8 `perfect' murders a case of life imitating art?

By BRUCE DeSILVA
Mar 03, 2020 6:00 am - 'œEight Perfect Murders,'ť William Morrow, by Peter Swanson It's a cold, snowy winter in Boston, where Malcolm Kershaw, five years a widower, runs the Old Devils Booksto...
Review: `Blackwood' is solid noir novel set in kudzu country

By KENDAL WEAVER
Mar 03, 2020 6:00 am - 'œBlackwood'ť (Little, Brown), by Michael Farris Smith A foul, scrawny man in a broken-down Cadillac seems to have run out of options when his car's engine dies shortly ...

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