97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every Wednesday morning, Susan Brown joins 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck for “Talking Books,” a weekly segment of book recommendations, of all genres and for all ages. (Susan’s now the head of strategic communications for the Town of Chapel Hill; she was formerly the director o the Chapel Hill Public Library and the town’s Community Arts and Culture department.)

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Susan’s just moved to a new job and 97.9 The Hill is about to move to a new location – so this week we’re recommending books about moving! Susan gets dark with a haunted-house novel, while Aaron gets light with a couple children’s books about how to process the emotions associated with moving (or any big life change, really). Also, Susan shares her thoughts about the first two weeks in her new position – and tells the story about how her son deviously manipulated her into buying him a dog.

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