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Jennifer McMahon's 'The Invited' is a powerful novel

By OLINE H. COGDILL
Apr 29, 2019 7:00 am - "The Invited: a Novel" (Doubleday), by Jennifer McMahon Jennifer McMahon again proves that the modern ghost story is more than things that go bump in the night. It hinge...
Book review: Young friends make a bad decision in 'Before She Was Found'

By Jeff Ayers Associated Press
Apr 29, 2019 6:00 am - "Before She Was Found" by Heather Gudenkauf; Park Row; 368 pages Twelve-year-old Cora Landry starts junior high, and she lacks friends and social skills to succeed ...
Book review: Rachel Cline's 'The Question Authority' will reignite your #MeToo rage

By Jennifer Miller Washington Post
Apr 28, 2019 7:28 am - "The Question Authority" by Rachel Cline; Red Hen Press; 224 pages At a moment when #MeToo allegations are coming at a seemingly incessant clip, it's eas...
Book review: What does your therapist really think of you? It's all revealed in Lori Gottlieb's new book.

By Susan Sheehan Washington Post
Apr 27, 2019 7:28 am - "Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed" by Lori Gottlieb; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 415 pages Lori Gottli...
Retired Dist. 214 teacher still encouraging new writers through Arts Unlimited contest

By Eileen O. Daday
Apr 23, 2019 6:00 am - A rare moment played out at last week's reception for the Arts Unlimited District 214/Daily Herald Community Arts and Writing Contest Arts Unlimited in Arlington Heights...
Constable: Hanover Park writer fueled by both tragic and uplifting dog tales

By Burt Constable
Apr 23, 2019 5:25 am - As a young girl growing up behind the Iron Curtain in Bulgaria, Nadia Ianakieva remembers the day the Communist authorities decided her town of Sophia had too many dogs,...
Poet Jacob Saenz to read at Oakton Community College May 7

Daily Herald report
Apr 23, 2019 1:00 am - Award-winning poet Jacob Saenz will read selections of his work from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, at Oakton Community College's Studio One Theater, 1600 E. Golf Road, Des...
Review: Erin Kelly's new novel staggers at an asylum

By OLINE H. COGDILL
Apr 22, 2019 7:00 am - "Stone Mothers: a Novel" (Minotaur), by Erin Kelly An imposing former mental asylum reconfigured as a high-end spa and apartment building looms over a remote England tow...
Review: Young friends make a bad decision in Gudenkauf novel

By JEFF AYERS
Apr 22, 2019 7:00 am - "Before She Was Found" by Heather Gudenkauf (Park Row) Twelve-year-old Cora Landry starts junior high, and she lacks friends and social skills to succeed in the environm...
Review: Jon Land's fans are in for another wild ride

By BRUCE DESILVA
Apr 22, 2019 7:00 am - "Strong as Steel" (Forge), by Jon Land Jon Land's insubordinate, trigger-happy Texas Ranger Caitlin Strong is back again in another action-packed thriller in "Strong as ...

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