Literature
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Burt Bacharach opens up on daughter's suicideMay 21, 2013 2:00 pm - NEW YORK — Burt Bacharach knew writing a memoir would be emotional — not because of his never-heard backstage tales or his tumultuous marriages. He knew that being hones...
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Khaled Hosseini’s new book is another tear-jerkerMay 21, 2013 6:00 am - My main goal in reading Khaled Hosseini’s new book, “And the Mountains Echoed,” was to avoid crying. I failed within the first 20 pages. And by the last page, I was bawl...
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Poitier debuts as a novelist with 'Montaro Caine'May 19, 2013 6:00 am - “Montaro Caine” by Sidney Poitier (Spiegel & Grau) Oscar-winning actor Sidney Poitier's first novel, “Montaro Caine,” is a corporate thriller that veers into scienc...
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Book notes: Meet CakeSpy blogger in Vernon HillsMay 17, 2013 6:00 am - Ÿ “Deadly Harvest” authors Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip (who write together under the pen name of Michael Stanley) discuss and signs copies of their book at 7 p.m. ...
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War in Europe comes alive in 'Guns at Last Light'May 15, 2013 12:00 pm - Fruitless combat in places like Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan can evoke a certain wistfulness for World War II. Often characterized as our last “good war,” it combined a...
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Dale Kushner's debut is '50s coming-of-age taleMay 15, 2013 6:00 am - The child of wayward parents, Eunice is a bright, often headstrong girl who makes few friends her own age as she grows up in the small-town environs of the upper Midwest...
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Min's life explored in new memoirMay 14, 2013 6:00 am - In the dedication of her latest book, “A Cooked Seed,” best-selling Chinese author Anchee Min thanks her daughter for “making (her) write this book.” One cannot help but...
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'Ophelia Cut' is tense, intricateMay 12, 2013 6:00 am - A young woman makes a bad decision and her father ends up a murder suspect in “The Ophelia Cut,” John Lescroart's latest courtroom drama featuring defense attorney Disma...
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F. Scott Fitzgerald dead, but not forgottenMay 12, 2013 5:00 am - LOS ANGELES — Has-beens in Hollywood usually stay that way. Yet one writer who died there nearly forgotten 73 years ago had one of the most remarkable posthumous revival...
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Book notes: Meet local mystery writer SaturdayMay 10, 2013 6:00 am - Ÿ Sherri Duskey Rinker, author of the best-selling picture books for children “Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site” and “Steam Train, Dream Train,” signs copies of he...