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Review: Rough-start novel with redemptive, touching finish

By DONNA EDWARDS
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 ...
Review: Slick crime novel 'Heat 2' revisits a classic movie

By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL
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...
Review: A hero struggles with a mystery readers can solve

By BRUCE DESILVA
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...
Review: Fake pregnancy transforms lonely salarywoman's life

By ANN LEVIN
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...
Book review: 'Elsewhere' ponders the meaning of motherhood

By Rob Merrill Associated Press
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...
David McCullough, Pulitzer-winning historian, dies at 89

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer
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...
Book review: How to stop industrial farming from ruining Earth

By Jeff Rowe Associated Press
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...
Grammar Moses: I spell tomato and you spell tomahto

By Jim Baumann
Aug 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...
Indian Trails library branch celebrating its 10th anniversary

By Russell Lissau
Aug 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. ...
Book review: Mohsin Hamid's 5th novel is a fever dream of a story

By Donna Edwards Associated Press
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...

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