Summer Reading Picks From The Aiken Public Library
A guide urges readers to tackle light fiction and biographies this summer. It highlights Susan Isaacs Compromising Positions with Judith Singer, Bob Thomas Joan Crawford biography, Lauren Bacall By Myself, The Price Was High, The Coup by John Updike, To Set the Record Straight by John Sirica, and Good as Gold by Joseph Heller, all available at the Aiken Public Library.
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Long Island
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Valdosta
Hollywood
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Bob Thomas
Miss Crawford
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Mommie Dearest
Thomas
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Lauren Bacall
Miss Bacall
Humphrey Bogart
F. Scott Fitzgerald
University of South Carolina
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Brucelli
John Updike
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Suburbia
Kush
Africa
Ellellen
Idi Amin
Watergate
John Sirica
Joseph Heller
Time Magazine
Three Fresh Books for Summer Reading
Muriel Fletcher reviews three new titles for light summer reading. Trial Run by Dick Francis features a ex-jockey turned investigator in Moscow amid Olympic threats. Scenes From Country Life by Melissa Redfield offers a literate rural portrait of a city couple adapting to Vermont country living. Silky by Leo Rosten delivers a humorous fast-paced detective tale with a glossary of Yiddish terms and a romantic thread.
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Silky
Fathers in Time The unsung role of dads across generations
A reflective piece honors fathers for practical help and steady presence from car tasks to midnight chores. It contrasts past invisibility with modern research showing paternal love and custody battles. A reader in Oxnard asks how to thank a father who shaped family through care and sacrifice.
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Couple Slobs At Odds Annoying Parents In Law Visit
Dear Abby column item notes a blunt mother complaining about her son and daughter in law who smoke, leave towels, and demand hospitality. She asks if scolding was right and if ground rules should be set before their two week visit this summer.
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Birthday dinner plan prompts Abby style guidance
Abby advises celebrating at home with coffee and cake rather than an expensive dinner dance. She warns against inviting friends to pay their own way at a joint restaurant event and suggests avoiding gift mentions. The column includes a personal note about weight loss and a submission address for replies.
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