Books
LIVING COLUMNS
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Julia Sweeney keeps it light, even amid family and personal tragedy
CHICAGO - I had spent all of six minutes with Julia Sweeney when I brought up adult braces.
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The Romance Reader: 'Her Perfect Cowboy'
"Her Perfect Cowboy" by Trish Milburn; Harlequin (2013), 220 pages, $5.50 (paperback)
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'Americanah' tackles challenge of fitting in from Nigerian viewpoint
"Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; Knopf (496 pages, $26.95)
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Making sense of office life
"The Org: The Underlying Logic of the Office" by Ray Fisman and Tim Sullivan; Twelve (320 pages, $26.99)
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Dan Brown's 'Inferno' has heat but lacks warmth
Some years ago, I was on a book reviewing panel when someone in the audience asked what we, the panelists, thought of "The Bridges of Madison County," which was then a fixture on bestseller lists. We hemmed and hawed, tried to talk around the question, until our moderator acknowledged that, most likely, none of us had read the book.
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Carlos Fuentes gone but not forgotten
The Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes is the subject of a small literary boom on the anniversary of his death.
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Dan Brown's latest puzzler keeps readers guessing
"Inferno" by Dan Brown; Doubleday (480 pages, $29.95)
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New Orleans' post-Katrina shift to charter schools
"Hope Against Hope: Three Schools, One City, and the Struggle to Educate America's Children" by Sarah Carr; Bloomsbury (336 pages, $27)
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'All I Need' is a roller-coaster of romance and reality
"All I Need" by Susane Colasanti; Viking (240 pages, $17.99)
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How John Roberts helped move the Supreme Court to the right
"The Roberts Court: The Struggle for the Constitution" by Marcia Coyle; Simon & Schuster (416 pages, $28)
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