Wheaton Public Library: Grow with Us!
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
Action Park is a memoir written by Andy Mulvihill, whose father, Gene, founded the titular amusement park in 1978. Located in New Jersey, Action Park was known for its innovative rides with lax safety standards, and was popularly known by Read more
Lucy Knisley takes us on a tour of her life through her interactions with food. The influences food has had on her life as she grew up. From her mom’s home cooking, to fancy restaurants, hidden bakeries in European cities, 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
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
The reason I picked up 18 Tiny Deaths was for the dioramas depicted on the cover. Frances Lee had made 18 little scenes in perfect detail of a variety of deaths. These were called Nutshell Studies and used to train 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