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'Renegade' rule mom Heather Shumaker is back with new book

By LEANNE ITALIE
Mar 08, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Homework? Ban it! Circle time? It's not for every kindergartner. Forced sharing? How about letting a kid play with a toy until she's done? Those are just a fe...
Review: 'Two-Family House' is tale of secrets kept

By KIM CURTIS
Mar 08, 2016 6:00 am - "The Two-Family House" (St. Martin's Press), by Lynda Cohen Loigman It's hard to believe "The Two-Family House" is Lynda Cohen Loigman's debut novel. A richly textured, ...
J.K. Rowling launching 4-part series on wizarding school

Associated Press
Mar 07, 2016 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - J.K. Rowling has more magic on the way. The "Harry Potter" author is launching a series called "Magic in North America," a four-part back story for this fall'...
C.J. Box writes another stellar entry in Joe Pickett series

By JEFF AYERS
Mar 07, 2016 6:00 am - "Off the Grid" (G.P. Putnam's Sons), by C.J. Box After the events of the previous novel "Endangered," Nate Romanowksi has been living off the grid. He uses his survival ...
Author appearances: Melanie Benjamin signs new book in Glen Ellyn

Mar 05, 2016 6:18 am - By Laura Milbrath Stewart • Meet Pulitzer Prize nominee and New York Times best-selling author Alison McGhee and Newbery and National Book Award finalist Kathi Appelt as...
'Sitting Duck' by Alan Mayer: Rites of passage in a life well lived

Cindy Kurman
Mar 02, 2016 10:00 pm - In his new collection of short stories, "Sitting Duck," 92-year-old author Alan Mayer joyfully rekindles the notion that everyone, if he or she has lived long enough, ha...
Review: New bio refreshes Bronte energy for modern readers

By JENNIFER KAY
Mar 02, 2016 6:00 am - "Charlotte Bronte: A Fiery Heart" (Alfred A. Knopf) by Claire Harman Two hundred years after her birth, Charlotte Bronte's rage over social expectations for women and th...
Author takes fictitious trip into Truman Capote's life

By LINCEE RAY
Mar 02, 2016 6:00 am - "The Swans of Fifth Avenue" (Delacorte Press), by Melanie Benjamin Melanie Benjamin proves she's proficient in the fictional portrait genre with "The Swans of Fifth Aven...
Shirley MacLaine memoir tells of filmmaking experience

By LINCEE RAY
Mar 01, 2016 6:00 am - "Above the Line: My Wild Oats Adventure" (Atria Books), by Shirley MacLaine Shirley MacLaine is a creative force. Not only has the Oscar-winning actr...
Review: 'The Widow' is compelling psychological thriller

By JEFF AYERS
Feb 29, 2016 6:00 am - "The Widow" (NAL), by Fiona Barton A woman loses her husband in an accident and must confront his past with both the press and police in Fiona Bar...

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