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Book Review: ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ tells a tale of modern love and success

By ROB MERRILL
Jun 17, 2024 7:33 am - The cover art and title of “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” don’t quite convey the wild ride readers who crack open this new fiction from Rufi Thorpe will take. There’s a rea...
Griffin Dunne finds balance between madcap Hollywood adventures and family tragedy in new memoir

By BROOKE LEFFERTS
Jun 14, 2024 8:19 am - Griffin Dunne says he’s grateful his parents raised him with what he affectionately calls “benign neglect” in 1970s and ’80s Los Angeles because it encouraged creativ...
Cantigny Book Talk to be on ‘Nature is Our Country Club’

Submitted by Christopher Cudworth
Jun 13, 2024 8:49 pm - For his newest book “Nature Is Our Country Club: How Golf Explains Sustainability In a Changing World,” North Aurora author Christopher Cudworth spent four years researching the golf industry's economic and environmental realities as courses face changes due to climate change.
West Chicago Public Library District resident named finalist in statewide writing competition

Submitted by Lucy Tarabour
Jun 13, 2024 3:16 pm - The Soon to Be Famous Illinois Author Project Manuscript competition recently announced this year’s finalists: • “Nicky” by Hailey Atwood (West Chicago Public Library D...
AAUW Wheaton-Glen Ellyn Used Book Sale kicks off June 20

Submitted by Suzanne Gagner
Jun 12, 2024 10:46 am - The Wheaton-Glen Ellyn AAUW Branch, NFP is busy gathering books for its 2024 Used Book Sale. More than 11,000 books will provide a great opportunity to refresh your TBR (To Be Read) piles.
Oprah Winfrey picks David Wroblewski’s ‘Familiaris’ for her book club

By HILLEL ITALIE
Jun 11, 2024 12:58 pm - NEW YORK — Author David Wroblewski has reached special status among contemporary authors: a two-time selection for Oprah Winfrey's book club. Winfrey announced Tuesd...
Book Review: Glamour and tragedy intertwine in Griffin Dunne’s memoir ‘The Friday Afternoon Club’

By MAE ANDERSON
Jun 10, 2024 5:19 pm - Actor and producer Griffin Dunne grew up in New York and Los Angeles with the glitterati all around. His father, Dominick Dunne, a television executive and film produ...
Book signing for John Robert Wiltgen’s ‘The Candy in My Pocket’ set for June 21-22

Submitted by Aimee DeBat
Jun 07, 2024 6:36 pm - Author and internationally acclaimed, award-winning residential designer John Robert Wiltgen will be signing his memoir “The Candy in My Pocket” at noon Friday, June 21, ...
Book Review: Indigenous author explores charged issue of blood lines in his debut novel ‘Fire Exit’

By ANN LEVIN
Jun 07, 2024 2:23 pm - Morgan Talty has followed up on the success of his prize-winning story collection “Night of the Living Rez” with a poignant first novel that explores the charged question of what constitutes identity — family or tribe?
Book Review: From Crichton and Patterson, ‘Eruption’ is poised to be seismic publishing event

By ROB MERRILL
Jun 07, 2024 1:46 pm - You know you’ve got some juice in the publishing world when you get top billing on a book nearly 16 years after your death. “Eruption” is the completion of a partial manuscript found by the late Michael Crichton’s wife, Sherri, and finished by James Patterson.

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