“I never reconciled with my parents. I did go to see my mom, and I was allowed to go into the house, but my husband never could."
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by Len Lear
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4/13/23
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Local author Josh Hitchens will lead an in-person discussion of Charles Dickens’ “Hard Times,” at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, April 2, at the Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion.
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3/30/23
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What are the lives of Amish women really like? Over the course of a decade, author Judy Stavisky spent hundreds of hours getting to know the women of Lancaster County's reclusive Amish community to elicit an answer to this question.
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by Len Lear
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2/24/23
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After a lifetime of working in technology, with travel that took him all over Asia, James Whipple Miller started an improbable new career after settling in Chestnut Hill eight years ago. He founded a publishing company.
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by Len Lear
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2/9/23
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At a time when neighborhood bookstores are sprouting again in the Northwest, Big Blue Marble Bookstore in Mt. Airy is sailing confidently into its 18th year with a new look.
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by Stacia Friedman
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2/3/23
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Jim Zervanos was clearly living a charmed life a decade ago. But cancer is a devilish intruder and doesn't care how perfect your life is.
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by Len Lear
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2/3/23
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At 94 years old, the Rev. Robert L. Polk – who recently published his third book – has always been a pioneer.
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by Len Lear
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2/2/23
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Chestnut Hill’s John K. Krieger will be signing copies of his newly published short stories this weekend at Booked.
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by Len Lear
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1/26/23
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Eli Goldblatt, a professor of English at Villanova University from 1990 to 1996 and at Temple University from 1996 to 2019, has some very strong opinions about higher education in the U.S.
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by Len Lear
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1/12/23
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Chestnut Hill author Alfred O'Neill Jr.'s second novel in a trilogy, “Even Climate Change Can’t Stop Love and Murder,” is based on a true story.
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by Len Lear
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12/23/22
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“Boundaries,” a short story by Chestnut Hill writer Ilene Raymond Rush published in “Frankly Feminist,” takes place in Chestnut Hill.
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by Len Lear
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12/23/22
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There aren’t many stories as beloved as Charles Dickens’ seasonal classic, “A Christmas Carol.” Countless versions and adaptations have emerged.
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by Frank D. Quattrone
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12/15/22
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Fink's newest effort is “Descent into Darkness, A Fight Against Terror,” in which an angry father sets out to get revenge against the person responsible for duping his daughter into making a pornographic film.
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by Len Lear
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12/8/22
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One of the many joys of Christmas in Chestnut Hill is the return of award-winning artist Eddie Flotte.
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by Stacia Friedman
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12/8/22
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Richard Tuttle, a professional musician and retired lawyer who just released the CD single, “Break Someone Else's Heart,” is also an author whose dialogue is often spellbinding.
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by Len Lear
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12/1/22
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Paul Mercurio, who now lives across the road from Chestnut Hill College, was a typical working class kid growing up in West Oak Lane. Now he's a published author.
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by Len Lear
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11/24/22
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The time has come to start thinking about the holidays and searching for that perfect gift. My humble suggestion, dear reader, should not come as a surprise. It’s a book.
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by Debbie Gress Jansen
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11/17/22
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David Biddle has stretched his imagination with his new book, “Old Music for New People,” a timely and contemporary novel about a teenager named Robert.
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by Len Lear
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11/10/22
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For Norma Wingate, an avid tennis player who starred on Central High School's Public League championship tennis team in 1992, the word “love” always makes her think of tennis.
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by Len Lear
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11/3/22
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In talking about her new novel, “Her Past Can't Wait,” which was released Sept. 13, Jacqueline Boulden was animated and passionate.
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by Len Lear
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10/20/22
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