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Eleanor Thorn, owner of Lake Forest Book Store, shares her favorite reads for November. Playgroundby Richard PowersFour lives are intricately connected in the new novel from the author of The Overstory—a powerful examination of friendship, technology, and mankind’s need to preserve ocean life. Revenge of the Tipping Pointby Malcolm Gladwell25 years after its initial publication,

GLASA HALF FULL—AND THEN SOME

Cindy Housner was a Milwaukee Public Schools employee when she first worked with adaptive athlete Jean Driscoll in the 1980s. Driscoll, a high school student at the time, competed as a wheelchair racer. “I watched her race a few times, and someone came up to me and said, ‘You know, she’s really good,’” Housner recalls.

#HASHTAG: DANA GORDON

DANA GORDON, the founder and designer behind Dana Rebecca Designs (DRD), spent her formative years exploring the intricacies of her father’s Chicago jewelry factory. This year marks the 17th anniversary of her own jewelry brand, with a flagship showroom proudly situated on the prestigious Magnificent Mile—an embodiment of her commitment to family and her beloved

FROM HARROWING TO HEARTENING

Nearly three years ago, while researching for her novel The Goddess of Warsaw, author and Deerfield resident Lisa Barr visited the home of Holocaust survivor Estelle Glaser Laughlin. “She lived 10 minutes away from me,” says Barr, whose grandmother survived the Holocaust. “As she opened her front door and we looked at each other, we

HIS LAND IS OUR LAND

There’s forward thinking and then there’s Alex Ty Kovach thinking. Kovach, who goes by Ty, has been the Lake County Forest Preserve District Executive Director since 2013. He’s not concerned about tomorrow. Or 10 years from now. Try 100 years. “I’m thinking about future generations and my great-great grandchildren,” says the 63-year-old Kovach, who lives

TRUE BLUE

When Anna Murphy sees a large exterior wall without windows, she imagines it as a canvas. In the last 10 years, she has emerged as one of Chicago’s preeminent muralists—something she evolved into after years of perfecting her craft as a traditional oil painter. “Although much of my early training was in oil painting, I

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