Literature
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Review: Rough-start novel with redemptive, touching finish
Aug 08, 2022 7:00 am - 'œMika in Real Life'ť by Emiko Jean (William Morrow) Mika Suzuki is a directionless, 35-year-old Japanese woman with a big secret: She gave her daughter up for adoption ...
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Review: Slick crime novel 'Heat 2' revisits a classic movie
Aug 08, 2022 7:00 am - 'œHeat 2: A Novel'ť by Michael Mann and Meg Gardiner (William Morrow) Hollywood screenwriter and director Michael Mann and veteran thriller writer Meg Gardiner have achi...
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Review: A hero struggles with a mystery readers can solve
Aug 08, 2022 7:00 am - 'œDo No Harm'ť by Robert Pobi (Minotaur) Lucas Page retired from the FBI more than a decade ago after losing an eye, an arm, and a leg in an explosion. But Lucas is a ma...
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Review: Fake pregnancy transforms lonely salarywoman's life
Aug 08, 2022 7:00 am - 'œDiary of a Void,'ť by Emi Yagi (Viking) Shibata-san, the only woman in her office group, is tired of cleaning up after the men. One day, when her section head asks he...
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Book review: 'Elsewhere' ponders the meaning of motherhood
Aug 08, 2022 6:00 am - "Elsewhere" by Alexis Schaitkin (Celadon Books) Sometimes it's fun to read something that doesn't fit in any particular category. "Elsewhere," the new novel from Al...
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David McCullough, Pulitzer-winning historian, dies at 89
Aug 08, 2022 1:00 am - NEW YORK - David McCullough, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose lovingly crafted narratives on subjects ranging from the Brooklyn Bridge to Presidents John Adams an...
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Book review: How to stop industrial farming from ruining Earth
Aug 06, 2022 7:25 am - "Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet" by George Monbiot (Penguin Random House) Cruising past farmlands in America - and elsewhere i...
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Grammar Moses: I spell tomato and you spell tomahtoAug 06, 2022 1:00 am - An outfit called www.unscrambled-words.com decided to mine Google's search function data to determine which words we seem to have the most trouble spelling. After seeing...
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Indian Trails library branch celebrating its 10th anniversaryAug 04, 2022 6:00 am - You're invited to a 10th anniversary celebration for the Wheeling-based Indian Trails Public Library District's branch in Prospect Heights. The party is set for 11 a.m. ...
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Book review: Mohsin Hamid's 5th novel is a fever dream of a story
Aug 03, 2022 6:00 am - "The Last White Man" by Mohsin Hamid (Riverhead) Anders wakes up to find he's no longer white. After confiding in his friend, Oona, the two discover this...