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Cinema
True Grit (2010) - The Coen Brothers’ remake of the surprisingly sunny, straight-ahead, 1969 western classic is a sparse, tight noir that ranks alongside unsentimental masterpieces …
True Grit (1969) - John Wayne plays an alcoholic, one-eyed, US marshal hired by a precocious teen (Kim Darby) to find her father’s killer in the vast Indian Territory. …
Fiction
Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books - In the sleepy town of Troy, GA, widow Lula Dean—a local busybody—has taken it upon herself to rid the libraries of what she considers inappropriate content. …
The Spy Coast: A Thriller (The Martini Club) - Tucked away in a small town in Maine, unbeknownst to the neighbors, a group of retired spies gathers as old friends. …
Nonfiction
Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World’s Ugliest Sweater - In the wake of the pandemic, lifelong knitter Peggy Orenstein distracted herself from life’s adversities by making a sweater—from scratch. …
Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships - National Public Radio correspondent Nina Totenberg chronicles her nearly 50-year friendship with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. …
Children’s Books
Not Nothing - He’s only 12, but Alex has had a hard life—he’s attended a dozen schools, he’s lost his mom, and now he’s been sentenced to volunteering at a retirement center. …
Tree. Table. Book. - This is a tale of two Sophies, the best of friends. Sophie the younger is 11, Sophie the elder is 88—but their connection is timeless. …