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Book Review: 'Small Fry' more than a Steve Jobs story

By BARBARA ORTUTAY
Sep 04, 2018 7:00 am - "Small Fry: A Memoir" (Grove Press), by Lisa Brennan-Jobs The ghost of Steve Jobs haunts "Small Fry," the memoir by his first daughter, Lisa Brennan-Jobs. He looms large...
Review: Author weaves 2 related stories in "Sunrise Highway"

By BRUCE DESILVA
Sep 04, 2018 7:00 am - "Sunrise Highway" (Minotaur), by Peter Blauner. Forty years ago on Long Island, a teenage boy helped murder a young girl and then lied about who did it, sending an innoc...
Review: 'Leave No Trace' looks at mental health recovery

By OLINE H. COGDILL
Sep 04, 2018 7:00 am - "Leave No Trace: a Novel" (Emily Bestler Books/Atria), by Mindy Mejia A young woman's determination to overcome her past mental problems tests her resolve when she becom...
Review: Reluctant mobster pulled back in 'Bones of Brooklyn'

By BRUCE DESILVA
Sep 04, 2018 7:00 am - "Bones of Brooklyn" (Permanent Press), by Ira Gold Howard Fenster, son of a bookkeeper for the Mafia, has been "in the life" since he was 10. But now, he and his girlfri...
Pike investigates the legend of Merlin in 'The Lost Queen'

By LINCEE RAY
Sep 04, 2018 7:00 am - "The Lost Queen: a Novel" (Touchstone), by Signe Pike Building on the fascination of Camelot and other Arthurian tales of nobility and magic, Signe Pike debuts the first...
Review: NFL insider Schefter shares deeply personal memoir

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER
Sep 04, 2018 7:00 am - "The Man I Never Met: A Memoir" (St. Martin's Press), by Adam Schefter with Michael Rosenberg NFL fans know Adam Schefter. That's because Schefter knows the league. Real...
Latest Pelecanos book about transformative power of reading

By BRUCE DESILVA
Sep 04, 2018 7:00 am - "The Man Who Came Uptown" (Mulholland Books), by George Pelecanos Anna Byrne, a prison librarian in Washington, is good at selecting books that keep prisoners entertaine...
Review: Gary Shteyngart's road novel in the time of Trump

By ANN LEVIN
Sep 04, 2018 7:00 am - "Lake Success: a Novel" (Random House), by Gary Shteyngart It's possible there's a hedge fund bro out there whose heart is as big as his AUM (assets under management). W...
Book review: Ready for a psychopath on the level of Hannibal Lecter? Check out 'Sunrise Highway'

By Patrick Anderson Washington Post
Sep 04, 2018 6:00 am - "Sunrise Highway" By Peter Blauner, Minotaur, 338 pages, $27.99 --- Writing for television can be challenging and lucrative, but there are limits to how deep one ca...
Arlington Heights Memorial Library's Piano Project aims to promote its One Book, One Village novel

By Eileen O. Daday
Sep 03, 2018 11:00 pm - The story was updated to reflect the correct title of the program, One Book, One Village. Also, the pianos will be displayed from Sept. 12-Oct. 12. Have you notice...

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