Book of the Week: MOONWALK by Michael Jackson
A harsh childhood; fame, friends and plastic surgery; the singer’s 1988 memoir.
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Book of the Week: 100 YEARS, 100 STORIES by George Burns
The actor celebrates his 100th year with vignettes–one for each year.
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Book of the Week: WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS by Wilson Rawls
A young boy growing up in the Ozarks saves his money to purchase two puppies, and trains them to hunt raccoons.
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April 2019 Book Recommendations
Wilson Rawls’s WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS; a young boy growing up in the Ozarks saves his money to purchase two puppies, and trains them to hunt raccoons. George Burns’s 100 YEARS, 100 STORIES; the actor celebrates his 100th year with vignettes–one for each year. Michael Jackson’s MOONWALK; a harsh childhood; fame, friends and plastic […]
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Book of the Week: MADAME CURIE: A BIOGRAPHY by Eve Curie
A daughter of the Nobel Prize winning scientists, Marie and Pierre Curie, tells her parents’ story; winner of a 1937 Pulitzer.
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Book of the Week: FROM DOON WITH DEATH by Ruth Rendell
A mousy housewife from a small English town is murdered, and Inspector Wexford investigates; the author’s 1964 debut.
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Book of the Week: TREE TOPS: A FAMILY MEMOIR by Susan Cheever
Old secrets surface–on both sides; the sequel to Home Before Dark.
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Book of the Week: THE ROSE TATTOO by Tennessee Williams
A cloistered widow begins a fiery romance with a much younger man.
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March 2019 Book Recommendations
Tennessee Williams’s THE ROSE TATTOO; a cloistered widow begins a fiery romance with a much younger man. Susan Cheever’s TREE TOPS: A FAMILY MEMOIR; old secrets surface–on both sides; the sequel to Home Before Dark. Ruth Rendell’s FROM DOON WITH DEATH; a mousy housewife from a small English town is murdered, and Inspector Wexford investigates; […]
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Book of the Week: A CARIBBEAN MYSTERY by Agatha Christie
A photograph and a strange story lure the sleuth, Jane Marple, into investigating a murder.
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Book of the Week: MURDER IN THE SMITHSONIAN by Margaret Truman
A historian is murdered during a black tie affair, and a case of deceit, secrets, and revenge is revealed.
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Book of the Week: SALOME OF THE TENEMENTS by Anzia Yezierska
A 1923 novel–based on a true story about a Jewish immigrant girl’s romance with a millionaire–which jarred the public.