Ragdale Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Airdrie: Recollections of an Artist in Bloom
Margot McMahonRagdaleLake Forest Library Introduces, on April 10 at 2:00 pm, The Discover the Margot McMahon Collection of three books published by Aquarius Press in 2021: If Trees Could Talk, Mac and Irene: A WWII Saga and Airdrie. https://t.co/CzGiyIm5Hv https://t.co/xAY2qd27A7
Paperback, 2021
$13.99$6.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
If Trees Could Talk
Margot McMahonRagdaleLake Forest Library Introduces, on April 10 at 2:00 pm, The Discover the Margot McMahon Collection of three books published by Aquarius Press in 2021: If Trees Could Talk, Mac and Irene: A WWII Saga and Airdrie. https://t.co/CzGiyIm5Hv https://t.co/xAY2qd27A7
Hardcover, 2021
$48.00$24.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Chicago: City on the Make: Sixtieth Anniversary Edition
Nelson AlgrenRagdaleHi all. Please remember to submit to the Chicago Tribune's Nelson Algren Literary Competition before midnight (central time) January 31st.... https://t.co/PPkrGd7FH0
Paperback, 2011
$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago
Alex KotlowitzRagdale#NovelAffair participant, Alex Kotlowitz (@AKotlowitz) is the author of four books, including his most recent, AN AMERICAN SUMMER, which received the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize. 4/30, 5:30PM Tickets and Info: https://t.co/uh9OgYFmRl https://t.co/xKC9o9vM14
Paperback, 2020
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The School for Good Mothers
Jessamine ChanRagdale#NovelAffair participant, Jessamine Chan’s short stories have appeared in Tin House and Epoch. Her first novel, The School for Good Mothers, is a New York Times bestseller and a Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club pick. 4/30, 5:30PM Tickets and Info: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/novel-affair-2022-tickets-276868048787 https://t.co/biprUybIlW
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Them
Joyce Carol OatesRagdale#NovelAffair participant, Jonathan Eig is the author of five books, three of them New York Times best sellers. Joyce Carol Oates referred to his book, ALI: A LIFE, as “an epic of a biography.” 4/30, 5:30PM Tickets and Info: https://t.co/HBqwkRph72 https://t.co/A4AbAXSN1O
Paperback, 2006
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mac & Irene: A WWII Saga
Margot McMahonRagdaleLake Forest Library Introduces, on April 10 at 2:00 pm, The Discover the Margot McMahon Collection of three books published by Aquarius Press in 2021: If Trees Could Talk, Mac and Irene: A WWII Saga and Airdrie. https://t.co/CzGiyIm5Hv https://t.co/xAY2qd27A7
Hardcover, 2021
$27.99$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Great Believers
Rebecca MakkaiRagdaleHip hip hooray! "The Great Believers" by @rebeccamakkai is the Lake Forest Reads: Ragdale pick this year. Join us for October events: http://lfreads.org https://twitter.com/LakeForestLib/status/1128814226796109825
Paperback, 2019
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Lucky Man: Stories
Jamel BrinkleyRagdaleWatch 2018 National Book Award Finalists (Fiction), and Ragdale Alumni, Jamel Brinkley (A Lucky Man), Lauren Groff (Florida), and Rebecca Makkai (The Great Believers) readings. Hint, skip to 2:08:50... https://t.co/hWLyeeVJ7d
Paperback, 2019
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Marya: A Life
Joyce Carol OatesRagdale#NovelAffair participant, Jonathan Eig is the author of five books, three of them New York Times best sellers. Joyce Carol Oates referred to his book, ALI: A LIFE, as “an epic of a biography.” 4/30, 5:30PM Tickets and Info: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/novel-affair-2022-tickets-276868048787https://www.eventbrite.com/e/novel-affair-2022-tickets-276868048787 https://t.co/A4AbAXSN1O
Paperback, 2014
$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book