Throw out the pumpkin before it turns black; make way for the turkey and relatives!  It’s time to start thinking about cards.  And Santa.  Trees and menorahs and gifts for the neighbors.  Even if you’ve reined in perfectionist tendencies and holiday fantasies, you’ll want the right book at hand when you need to escape – or to put things in perspective.  This is Your Life, …

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Jonathan Evison fronted the Seattle punk rock band March of Crimes in his youth, and other members of the band went on to join Pearl Jam and Soundgarden.  Evison has found a different kind of stage. The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving, a movie based on his third novel and starring Paul Rudd and Selena Gomez, will be released in 2016.  His latest novel is just out, This is …

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