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BEA: It’s a Wrap

May 20, 2016

bea

I promise, this is my last post about BEA and on Monday I'll be back to book reviews—providing  I can get my brain to work again. Today I just wanted to share photos of some of the other aspects of ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Feature Tagged: BEA, Chicago, event, restaurants

BEA: The People

May 16, 2016

bea

Hello, kittens! Sorry for the delay in writing. I have lots of excuses, but let’s just go with: the trip to BEA was so fabulous it left my head spinning and I’ve only now gotten myself pulled together ... Read More...

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White Collar Girl

November 4, 2015

  Jordan Walsh comes from a family of writers. Her father is a well-known journalist in Chicago, her mother is a poet and up until his death two years ago, her brother Eliot was poised to carry ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1950s, book clubs, Chicago, historical fiction, NAL, women

The Jazz Palace

April 22, 2015

  The Jazz Palace begins with a tragedy, the sinking of the SS Eastland while it was still tied to the dock in the Chicago River. The boat was full of workers for a local company headed out for ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1920s, book clubs, Chicago, historical fiction, Jazz age, Nan A. Talese

What the Lady Wants

November 12, 2014

what the lady

  For almost as long as I have loved books I have loved fashion and before my career in the book world I was a buyer for a large department store in Atlanta called Rich’s. Remember the good old days ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 19th century, book clubs, Chicago, fashion, historical fiction, NAL

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