2024 NATIONAL MEDAL
for Museum and Library Service Finalist
Penny, an artist, has lived in the same apartment for decades, surrounded by the artifacts and keepsakes of her long life. She is resigned to the mundane rituals of old age, until things start to slip. Before her longtime partner passed away years earlier, provisions were made for a room in a unique long-term care residence, where Penny finds herself after one too many "incidents."
Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) possessed one of the twentieth century's most astonishing voices. In this first major biography since Fitzgerald's death, historian Judith Tick offers a sublime portrait of this ambitious risk-taker whose exceptional musical spontaneity made her a transformational artist.
This month we will be discussing The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty.
An online obituary writer. A young mother with a dark secret. A woman waging a solo campaign against rodents — neighbors, separated only by the thin walls of a low-cost housing complex in the once bustling industrial center of Vacca Vale, Indiana. Welcome to the Rabbit Hutch.
This month we will be discussing The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty.
An online obituary writer. A young mother with a dark secret. A woman waging a solo campaign against rodents — neighbors, separated only by the thin walls of a low-cost housing complex in the once bustling industrial center of Vacca Vale, Indiana.
Welcome to the Rabbit Hutch.
At no other time in life do people have as many financial decisions to make, and challenging situations to face, as they do at age 60 and beyond. This virtual presentation will cover essential “need-to-knows” about six key topics of interest to older adults: Social Security, health insurance, long-term care planning, later-life investing, retirement asset withdrawals, and estate planning basics.
Join us on Zoom here: https://zoom.us/j/93205516088
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Registration is required. Visit the information services desk or call 732-390-6767
For questions regarding technology classes, contact the technology training coordinator at 732-390-6689.
An unsparing, incisive, yet ultimately hopeful look at how we can shed the American obsession with self-reliance that has made us less healthy, less secure, and less fulfilled
The best-selling novelist and screenwriter of "You've Got Mail" shares how she got a second chance at love later in life with Peter, a Bay Area psychiatrist; her battle with AML with Peter and friends by her side, and her feelings about facing death.
"A powerful memoir by 25-year-old Ly Tran about her immigrant experience and her recent family history in the aftermath of the war that spans from Vietnam to Brooklyn, and ultimately to the Ivy League"-- Provided by publisher.
"From author Willy Vlautin comes an exploration of greed and opportunism, set amidst a rapidly gentrifying city--a novel taking place over 48 hours in which a young woman must push herself to her limits to get the security she needs for herself and her family"-- Provided by publisher.