Literature
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Gethers highlights mom's career in 'My Mother's Kitchen'
Apr 04, 2017 7:00 am - "My Mother's Kitchen" (Henry Holt and Co.), by Peter Gethers In a delightfully moving memoir, Peter Gethers shares entertaining and intimate stories about his mom's cele...
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Small town must face hard past in Watts' debut novel
Apr 04, 2017 7:00 am - "No One Is Coming to Save Us" (Ecco), by Stephanie Powell Watts It's been 17 years since JJ Ferguson left his hometown of Pinewood, North Carolina. Now that he's returne...
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Writers workshop at Schaumburg library April 7Apr 04, 2017 1:00 am - Fiction writers of all levels are welcome to participate in a free workshop, "Heroes and Villains and Suspense: Keeping Readers Up All Night," from 6:30 to 9 p.m., Frida...
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Review: 'Cork Dork' celebrates wine, sommeliers
Apr 03, 2017 7:00 am - "Cork Dork" (Penguin Books), by Bianca Bosker Sommelier is a simple yet mysterious job title. The most basic translation from the French might be wine expert, but then h...
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'The Devil's Triangle' starts with a bang and never lets up
Apr 03, 2017 7:00 am - "The Devil's Triangle: a Brit in the FBI Thriller" (Gallery Books), by Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison "The Devil's Triangle," the latest book in Catherine Coulter an...
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Author events: Meet Chelsea Clinton, Lesley Stahl, Lisa See this weekApr 01, 2017 7:25 am - • Advice columnist and author Amy Dickinson signs copies of her book "Strangers Tend to Tell Me Things: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Coming Home" at 7 p.m. Monday, April 3...
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'Vicious Circle' by C.J. Box rings with emotional resonance
Mar 30, 2017 7:00 am - "Vicious Circle" (G.P. Putnam's Sons), by C.J. Box Decisions that Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett has made to protect his family come back to haunt him in "Vicious Circl...
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Willow Creek to host best-selling authors Lee Strobel, Anne LamottMar 30, 2017 1:00 am - Willow Creek Community Church is continuing the series "Where is God in All of This?" on Saturday and Sunday, April 1 and 2, and welcomes two highly regarded and esteeme...
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Ex-Arlington Heights journalist, author to speak at Willow CreekMar 30, 2017 1:00 am - Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington will welcome two distinguished Christian authors, including a former Daily Herald editor, to speak as part of their "Wh...
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Review: Heston bio returns star of 'Ben-Hur' to epic stature
Mar 28, 2017 7:00 am - "Charlton Heston: Hollywood's Last Icon" (Dey Street), by Marc Eliot Talk about your movie miracles: As a struggling stage actor Charlton Heston was down to posing nude ...