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New items are available at the Hancock County Public Library.
The following items are available at the Hancock County Public Library, 900 W. McKenzie Road. For more information on the library’s collection or to reserve a title, visit hcplibrary.org.
Adult Fiction
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“The New Life of Hugo Gardner,” by Louis Begley
After four decades of what he thought was a happy, healthy partnership, Hugo Gardner’s world is overturned when he learns that his wife, Valerie, is not only requesting a divorce but has left him for a younger, more energetic man. Hugo, an octogenarian political writer and retired journalist for Time magazine, must rethink the way he’s lived and reassess how he’d like to spend his remaining years. Looking back at his life over the decades, Hugo begins to see things in a new light: Valerie, whose youth and ambition eventually came between them; his children, whose support might be more financially than emotionally motivated; and his friends, who, like him are rapidly aging before his very eyes. With an ominous oncologist’s report hanging over his head, Hugo decides to attend a conference in Paris. There, Hugo finds himself wondering if growing old in Paris might be the perfect antidote to the drama he left behind in New York.
Adult Nonfiction
“1973: Rock at the Crossroads,” by Andrew Grant Jackson
1973 was the year rock hit its peak. Ziggy Stardust travelled to America in David Bowie’s “Aladdin Sane.” “The Dark Side of the Moon” began its epic run on the Billboard charts; while all four former Beatles scored top ten albums; FM battled AM; Motown battled Philly on the charts; the era of protest soul gave way to disco; while DJ Kool Herc gave birth to hip hop in the Bronx; the glam rock of the New York Dolls and Alice Cooper split into glam metal and punk; hippies and rednecks made peace in Austin thanks to Willie Nelson; while outlaw country, country rock and Southern rock each pointed toward modern country; the Allman Brothers, Grateful Dead, and the Band played the largest rock concert to date at Watkins Glen; Led Zeppelin’s “Houses of the Holy” reflected the rise of funk and reggae; the singer songwriter movement led by Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell flourished at the Troubadour and Max’s Kansas City, where Bruce Springsteen and Bob Marley shared bill; Elvis Presley’s “Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite” was NBC’s top-rated special of the year; while Elton John’s albums dominated the number one spot for two and a half months. Just as U.S. involvement in Vietnam drew to a close, Roe v. Wade ignited a new phase in the culture war. While the oil crisis imploded the American dream of endless prosperity and Watergate’s walls closed in on Nixon, the music of 1973 both reflected a shattered world and brought us together.
