Wheaton Public Library: Grow with Us!
Fun fact: a section of The Dearly Beloved, Cara Wall’s debut novel, is set in Wheaton, Illinois! I had no idea this was the case when I started reading the book upon its 2019 release. My motivation to snap it Read more
Brit Bennett‘s debut novel, The Mothers, earned well-deserved attention in 2016. The Vanishing Half, a compassionate and illuminating multi-generational saga published in 2020, has been received with even more enthusiasm by critics and readers alike, who have compared Bennett’s writing Read more
Michael Lewis’ classic sports book holds up almost twenty years later. Scott Brick does a fantastic job narrating Moneyball (2003), keeping the pace moving and the subject engaging. Baseball statistics doesn’t sound like the most interesting of topics and yet, Read more
An immigrant memoir that will pull at your heart strings, House of Sticks is an eye-opening tale of suffering and survival. Author Ly Tran and her family flee from the aftereffects of the Vietnam war and relocate to New York in the early 90s. Struggling with poverty, racism, health issues, cultural differences and Read more
The stories shared by comedian Amber Ruffin and her sister Lacey Lamar are hilarious and heartbreaking, unbelievable and yet unsurprising. Their personal and professional experiences and those of their parents demonstrate systemic racism experienced from Omaha to Chicago and New Read more
Mo Rocca expands on his podcast of the same name in this engaging and wryly humorous collection of biographies. In Mobituaries (2019), Rocca writes obituaries for those who were not appropriately celebrated upon their death—or whose actions have been forgotten Read more
Looking back on her life on and off the screen, Sally Field brings a mature, sensitive, and poignant reading to her intimate, hauntingly honest, as well as authentic and fresh memoir, In Pieces. She takes us through her personal life Read more
In this comprehensive account, The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution, Walter Isaacson explains how and why some entrepreneurs and inventors – with just as many talents, creativity and visionary ideas as others Read more
Billy Crystal has just turned 65 as he reflects on his personal and professional life while providing his observations on aging in his memoir, Still Foolin’ ‘Em: Where I’ve Been, Where I’m Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys. Read more
Not only does the Parks and Recreation and Saturday Night Live alum Amy Poehler read her enormously entertaining memoir – Yes Please – she is also joined by cameo appearances from her parents, Carol Burnett, Seth Meyers, Michael Schur, Patrick Read more