Literature
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Review: Love and fear drive migrants in `American Dirt'
Jan 21, 2020 6:00 am - 'œAmerican Dirt,'ť Flatiron Books, by Jeanine Cummins In her beautiful, suspenseful and timely new novel ``American Dirt,'' Jeanine Cummins succeeds in taking migration...
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How Charlie Mackesy's "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse" became a surprise best-sellerJan 19, 2020 6:30 am - "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse" by Charlie Mackesy; HarperOne; 128 pages It began on Instagram. About two years ago, Charlie Mackesy, an artis...
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Book review: Tanen Jones offers a gripping plot in 'Better Liar'Jan 19, 2020 6:27 am - "The Better Liar: A Novel" by Tanen Jones; Ballantine Books; 307 pages In Tanen Jones' debut novel, "The Better Liar," Leslie Voigt Flores must reunite w...
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Book review: 'Prized Girl' has complex, well-drawn charactersJan 18, 2020 6:20 am - "The Prized Girl: A Novel" by Amy K. Green; Dutton; 383 pages At age 14, Jenny finally had her fill of beauty pageants. She would no longer allow her mot...
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Wheaton College Artist Series continues with Jan. 24 concertJan 16, 2020 10:00 pm - The Wheaton College Artist Series continues this month with tenor Ian Bostridg and guitarist Xuefei Yang. The Artist Series evenings feature world-renowned performers sh...
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Review: `Between Two Fires' explores Putin's Russia
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Review: Cat-and-mouse game skillfully told in debut novel
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Book review: 'Hill Women' narrates life in Appalachian MountainsJan 14, 2020 5:00 am - “Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains” by Cassie Chambers; Ballantine Books; 304 pages Written by a young lawyer who...
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Ahead of Naperville appearance, Peter Asher shares his long and winding road with The BeatlesJan 14, 2020 12:00 am - Peter Asher always was the exception to a hard-and-fast rule: If you spent any time with The Beatles, you had to write a book. Groupies, roadies, nearly everyone associa...
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Wolves players ready to make 'Read to Succeed' visits in Cary, Woodrige and Chicago RidgeJan 13, 2020 10:00 pm - Several Chicago Wolves players are visiting local libraries during January and February as part of the team's "Read to Succeed" program, presented by J.U.L.I.E. Call 811...