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Sandberg wants to change the conversation about death

By Tracee M. Herbaugh Associated Press
May 16, 2017 6:00 am - “Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy” (Alfred A. Knopf), by Sheryl Sandberg On their last day together, the Silicon Valley elite couple Sher...
Constable: Teacher's career near end, but education not stopping

By Burt Constable
May 16, 2017 5:30 am - The world is a cozy little place for Brett Weiss, a Bartlett High School social studies teacher who will take part in the "Retirement Reception" Tuesday after school in ...
Memoir: Black waiter was civil rights hero

By KENDAL WEAVER
May 15, 2017 7:00 am - "The Song and the Silence" (Simon and Schuster/Atria Books), by Yvette Johnson Booker Wright was a black waiter during the 1950s and 1960s in a Mississippi restaurant wi...
Crime thriller by Jo Nesbo keeps readers guessing

By JONATHAN ELDERFIELD
May 15, 2017 7:00 am - "The Thirst" (Alfred A. Knopf), Jo Nesbo It all starts with a Tinder date in a bar appropriately called Jealousy and ends with death on an ice-covered fjord. In between,...
Review: Chuck Klosterman's 10th book finds him in top form

By ANN LEVIN
May 15, 2017 7:00 am - "Chuck Klosterman X: A Highly Specific, Defiantly Incomplete History of the Early 21st Century" (Blue Rider Press), by Chuck Klosterman A fifth of the century is almost ...
Algonquin Commons' makeover winners get a new look

By Amy E. Williams
May 14, 2017 11:00 pm - Algonquin Commons was home to complete makeovers for four lucky winners this month, just in time for new summer wardrobes. As part of a Facebook contest hosted by the ma...
Author events: Meet former 'Top Chef' star Viviani at luncheon in Highwood

By Laura Milbrath Stewart
May 13, 2017 7:24 am - • DePaul University English and creative writing instructor Kathleen Rooney discusses her new novel, "Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk," at noon Monday, May 15, at the Unive...
Tait tackles millennial friendship in 'Fake Plastic Love'

By LINCEE RAY
May 08, 2017 7:00 am - "Fake Plastic Love" (Flatiron Books), by Kimberley Tait Having the ability to determine if someone is truly genuine or posing as a replica of himself is something colleg...
Honeyman's 'Eleanor Oliphant' is endearing, whip-smart read

By Christina Ledbetter
May 08, 2017 7:00 am - "Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine" (Pamela Dorman Books/Viking), by Gail Honeyman Eleanor Oliphant has her life together, or so she would like you to believe. She wor...
'Since We Fell' shows the power of introspection and love

By OLINE H. COGDILL
May 08, 2017 7:00 am - "Since We Fell" (Ecco), by Dennis Lehane Dennis Lehane's crime fiction has highlighted some of the most insightful looks at parenting ("Gone Baby Gone"), mental health (...

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