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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 ...
Review: A real-life Cinderella story set in the Gilded Age

By ANN LEVIN
Mar 03, 2020 6:00 am - 'œRebel Cinderella,'ť Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, by Adam Hochschild Adam Hochschild is among the most readable of historians. With his latest book, 'œRebel Cinderella,'ť...
Review: Louise Erdrich has chosen story near to her heart

By GENINE BABAKIAN
Mar 03, 2020 6:00 am - 'œThe Night Watchman," Harper, by Louise Erdrich At the start of Louise Erdrich's stunning new novel, 'œThe Night Watchman,'ť Thomas Wazhushk, Chippewa Council member an...
Review: `Long Range' is filled with twists and red herrings

By BRUCE DESILVA
Mar 03, 2020 6:00 am - 'œLong Range,'ť G.P. Putnam's Sons, by C.J. Box It's been 19 years since C.J. Box introduced us to Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett in 'œOpen Season.'ť Now, in 'œLong Ran...
New novel by Lily King tracks a writer's love life

By KENDAL WEAVER
Mar 03, 2020 6:00 am - 'œWriters & Lovers: a Novel,'ť Grove Press, by Lily King In Lily King's novel, 'œWriters & Lovers,'ť a struggling writer works as a waitress in the vicinity of Harvard S...

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