Doris Stranghoner hosted Unity Club’s spring luncheon Monday along with Kit McGuffin, Ellen Thompson and Linda Brocker. Brocker gave the program on the book “The Reporter Who Knew Too Much: Dorothy Kilgallan,” by Mark Shaw.…

It seems a little strange — like so many things do these days — to write about books when you can’t actually check out a physical book from the library. Perhaps you can make a…

A 12-year old boy struggles with a terrible kind of fame in “Dear Edward” by Ann Napolitano. Edward is the only survivor of a plane crash. Now living with his aunt and uncle, Edward is…

Donna Lower-Nord hosted 17 Unity Club members at her home Wednesday. Helen Ambler reviewed Michelle Obama’s memoir, “Becoming.”  Obama shared stories about being a first lady, as well as a full-time mother, wife and working…

As part of her Iola United Club book report Monday, Kit McGuffin reviewed “The Strange Case of Dr. Couney — How a Mysterious European Showman Saved Thousands of American Babies,” by Dawn Raffel. McGuffin recounted…

Glenda Helton reviewed the book “Growing Up” at Monday’s Unity Club meeting at the Iola Public Library. “Growing Up” was penned by Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Russell Baker, who wrote about growing up…