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Tait tackles millennial friendship in 'Fake Plastic Love'

Friday, 9 June 2017, 15:50 Last update: about 10 years ago

Having the ability to determine if someone is truly genuine or posing as a replica of himself is something college graduates try to master before heading off to the real world. Sadly, being the...

Stern dishes on celebrity gossip in 'According to a Source'

Thursday, 8 June 2017, 15:49 Last update: about 10 years ago

Do you ever wonder how celebrity gossip outlets uncover all that juicy info? How can media sources gain access and report on the private moments of Hollywood starlets? The job is a huge undertaking,...

'Notes on a Banana' takes readers on coming-of-age journey

Wednesday, 7 June 2017, 15:48 Last update: about 10 years ago

Much has been contributed to the cannon of first-person literature on anxiety and mental health disorders. But David Leite, a James Beard Award-winning food writer and cookbook author, offers a...

Winawer explores passionate love story in 'Scribe of Siena'

Tuesday, 6 June 2017, 15:51 Last update: about 10 years ago

When Beatrice Trovato's brother dies unexpectedly, the accomplished neurosurgeon takes a leave of absence to settle his affairs. Traveling to Siena proves a welcome distraction from the hustle and...

"It's Always the Husband" is riveting novel

Tuesday, 6 June 2017, 15:46 Last update: about 10 years ago

Relationships - whether marriage or friendship - have the power to enrich lives or destroy them. Some relationships do both as Michele Campbell shows in her riveting novel "It's Always the...

'The Mask of Sanity' is a suspenseful story

Saturday, 3 June 2017, 14:50 Last update: about 10 years ago

Dr. Jeremy Balint is a man who has it all. He's a respected community leader, a cardiologist with a thriving practice and a family man with a beautiful wife and two lovely young daughters. But when he...

'Outliers' is thrilling, satisfying roller-coaster ride

Friday, 2 June 2017, 14:48 Last update: about 10 years ago

Like "The Outliers," the first novel in a trilogy of tales from young adult author Kimberly McCreight, the second installment follows the twisting journey of teenager Wylie Lang as she struggles to...

Memoir: Black waiter was civil rights hero

Thursday, 1 June 2017, 14:48 Last update: about 10 years ago

Booker Wright was a black waiter during the 1950s and 1960s in a Mississippi restaurant with a mostly well-off white clientele. He could recite the menu, in a slightly singsongy way, and he had, most...

Greg Iles brings his 'Natchez Burning' trilogy to an end

Wednesday, 31 May 2017, 14:47 Last update: about 10 years ago

"Mississippi Blood," the concluding novel by Greg Iles in a trilogy featuring lawyer Penn Cage, is part fast-paced crime thriller and part tense-but-tedious courtroom drama. All of it flows...

Best-selling authors discuss art of 'the beach read'

Tuesday, 30 May 2017, 14:44 Last update: about 10 years ago

"I write my books in longhand, so I actually work on them at the beach," Hilderbrand, who sets her best-sellers at home on the Massachusetts island of Nantucket, told The Associated Press...

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