Literature
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Review: 'Lost You' is psychological thriller
Aug 05, 2019 7:00 am - "Lost You: a Novel" (Crown), by Haylen Beck Surrogacy - in which a woman agrees to carry a baby for another person or couple - is a legal swamp in America, and in this, ...
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Review: Novel reimagines US-Soviet space race
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'The Perfect Wife' has intriguing plot, chilling finale
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Review: 'A Dangerous Man' is suspenseful, tightly written
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Book review: Red scare of '50s tests friends in 'Chelsea Girls'Aug 05, 2019 6:00 am - “The Chelsea Girls: A Novel” by Fiona Davis; Dutton; 368 pages Best friends Hazel and Maxine, stars of Fiona Davis' new book, “The Chelsea Girls,” never really got ...
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Friends of Wheaton Library to host annual book sale Aug. 21-24Aug 04, 2019 11:00 pm - The Friends of the Wheaton Library annual used book sale opens to the public on Wednesday, Aug. 21, and runs through Saturday, Aug. 24, at the library, 225 N. Cross St. ...
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Math whiz & elderly fight city hall in 'The Helpline'Aug 04, 2019 7:26 am - "The Helpline" by Katherine Collette; Atria Books; 304 pages Being an expert in mathematics is a useful skill in extremely small circles. Life gets complicated for ...
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Book review: 'Raised in Captivity' reveals author's warped imaginationAug 03, 2019 7:23 am - "Raised in Captivity" by Chuck Klosterman; Penguin Press; 320 pages Chuck Klosterman seems like a great hang. He's the guy at the party who has everyone spitting ou...
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Constable: Longtime mayor, sports journalist recall 1979 girls basketball championshipAug 03, 2019 1:00 am - In her 34 years of public service in the Northwest suburbs, Arlene Mulder is best known for being the very public and popular mayor of Arlington Heights from 1993 throug...
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New Suburban Mosaic book list focuses on friendship, identityAug 01, 2019 5:32 am - Themes of friendship, identity and a shared human experience will be the focus of the 16th annual Suburban Mosaic Book of the Year program, which begins Sept. 1. "Each b...