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'Raising the Transgender Child: A Complete Guide for Parents, Families and Caregivers'
Families transition too
'Raising the Transgender Child' guides families through every stage of their child's transition with kindness as a guiding principle. Courtenay Harris Bond reviews.
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Michael Chabon's 'Moonglow'
Bottling up history
Michael Chabon’s new novel, 'Moonglow,' blends memoir and fiction, as the narrator listens to his grandfather’s life history — and that of his century. Courtenay Harris Bond reviews.
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'Heat & Light' by Jennifer Haigh
Fracking: The novel
Jennifer Haigh's novel 'Heat & Light' visits a fracking-fed Pennsylvania town in Trump country. Rick Soisson reviews.
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Maria Semple's 'Today Will Be Different'
Wherever you go, there you are
Maria Semple’s latest novel, 'Today Will Be Different,' travels from Seattle to Aspen to New Orleans — and the course of a woman’s life — within the framework of a single day. Courtenay Harris Bond reviews.
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Robert Kanigel's 'Eyes on the Street: The Life of Jane Jacobs'
City living through the eyes of its champion
Robert Kanigel's 'Eyes on the Street: The Life of Jane Jacobs' takes a new look at the urban champion. Richard da Silva reviews.
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'Devil’s Music, Holy Rollers and Hillbillies,' by James A. Cosby
The Lord's path to the devil's music
James A. Cosby's new book digs back into rock's history to find out what influenced its influencers. The answers are surprising. Craig Peters reviews.
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The Gershman Y presents 'The Evolution of Jewish Food'
Authors Roger Horowitz and Ted Merwin kibitz about noshing
The Gershman Y's 'The Evolution of Jewish Food,' was not the sort of discussion one should attend on an empty stomach. Stephen Silver explains.
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Tawni O'Dell's newest novel, 'Angels Burning'
Mine fires of the mind
Novelist Tawni O'Dell set her newest book at the site of a long-burning coal fire that's not under Centralia. Rick Soisson wonders why.
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Michael Swanwick's 'In the Drift' released as an ebook
These mummers are drunk...On power
There's a post-apocalyptic sci-fi novel from 1985 about Three Mile Island and the Mummers. It's now available as an ebook. Yes, you should give it to everyone you know in Philly as a holiday gift.
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Amy Schumer's 'The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo'
Inside Amy Schumer's memoir
Comedian Amy Schumer visited the Free Library of Philadelphia to discuss her new book. Stephen Silver discusses that and the contradictions of her persona.
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