Literature
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Review: 'Incomparable Grace' succinct, absorbing look at JFK
May 02, 2022 7:00 am - 'œIncomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency'ť by Mark K. Updegrove (Dutton) Nearly six decades after his assassination in Dallas, President John F. Kennedy and his legac...
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Book review: News anchor Zain Asher writes uplifting memoir
May 01, 2022 7:20 am - "Where the Children Take Us: How One Family Achieved the Unimaginable" by Zain E. Asher (Amistad) In recounting her family's struggle to carry on after h...
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Book review: Exciting twists, unique twins in 'I'll Be You'
Apr 30, 2022 7:10 am - "I'll Be You" by Janelle Brown (Random House) Although Sam and Elli Logan are identical twins, their personalities are drastically different. Sam loves t...
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Book review: Actor Viola Davis bares soul on way to 'Finding Me'
Apr 27, 2022 6:00 am - "Finding Me: A Memoir" by Viola Davis (HarperOne) Brutally honest and honestly brutal, actress Viola Davis looks back on her childhood like the victim of...
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Book review: Comic memoir-with-recipes 'Search' pokes fun at church politics
Apr 26, 2022 6:00 am - "Search" by Michelle Huneven (Penguin Press) Whoever said that university politics are vicious because the stakes are so low probably never served on a m...
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Scottie Pippen to appear at Anderson's Bookshop in NapervilleApr 26, 2022 1:00 am - Chicago Bulls legend Scottie Pippen is coming to Anderson's Bookshop in Naperville. The two-time Olympic gold medalist, six-time champion and NBA Hall of Famer is set to...
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Review: Exciting twists, unique twins in 'I'll Be You'
Apr 25, 2022 7:00 am - 'œI'll Be You'ť by Janelle Brown (Random House) Although Sam and Elli Logan are identical twins, their personalities are drastically different. Sam loves the spotlight a...
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Review: A novel with recipes pokes fun at church politics
Apr 25, 2022 7:00 am - 'œSearch,'ť by Michelle Huneven (Penguin Press) Whoever said that university politics are vicious because the stakes are so low probably never served on a ministerial s...
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Review: Actor Viola Davis bares soul on way to 'Finding Me'
Apr 25, 2022 7:00 am - 'œFinding Me: A Memoir'ť by Viola Davis (HarperOne) Brutally honest and honestly brutal, actor Viola Davis looks back on her childhood like the victim of a disaster stil...
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Book review: Eye-opening historical fiction in 'Take My Hand'
Apr 24, 2022 7:30 am - "Take My Hand" by Dolen Perkins-Valdez (Berkley) Newly graduated from Tuskegee, Civil Townsend takes on her first job as a nurse at the Montgomery Family...