“A First Guide to Dogs”
The following items are available at the Hancock County Public Library, 900 W. McKenzie Road. Descriptions are provided by the publisher, unless otherwise noted. For more information on the library’s collection or to reserve a title, visit hcplibrary.org.
Fiction: “Everyone Here is Lying” by Shari Lapena
Welcome to Stanhope. A safe neighborhood. A place for families. On the surface, William Wooler is a family man. But he’s been having an affair, an affair that ended horribly this afternoon at a motel up the road. So when he returns to his house, devastated and angry, to find his difficult 9-year-old daughter, Avery, unexpectedly home from school, William loses his temper. Hours later, Avery’s family declares her missing. Suddenly Stanhope doesn’t feel so safe. And William isn’t the only one on his street who’s hiding a lie. As witnesses come forward with information that may or may not be true, Avery’s neighbors become increasingly unhinged.
Nonfiction: “Jackie: Public, Private, Secret” by J. Randy Taraborrelli
Based on hundreds of interviews with friends, family, and lovers over a thirty-year period-as well as previously unreleased material from the JFK Library-Kennedy historian, J. Randy Taraborrelli paints an unforgettable new portrait of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, whose flaws and contradictions only serve to make her even more iconic. “I have three lives,” Jackie told a former lover, “public, private and secret.” In this revealing biography, readers will become intimately familiar with all three. New insights from the book include Jackie’s cold feet before her wedding to Jack Kennedy and her secret plan to avoid moving into the White House with him; Jackie’s plan to meet with the woman with whom her husband, Aristotle Onassis, was again having an affair; the truth about the nude photos of Jackie which scandalized her in the 1970s, and which family member had betrayed her by selling them; her unusual relationship with Maurice Templesman, which was never what outsiders believed it to be; the never-before-reported, last-ditch efforts to save Jackie’s life with experimental cancer treatments; and the doctor who wouldn’t risk jail time in order to treat her.
Youth: “A First Guide to Dogs: Understanding Your Very Best Friend” by Dr. John Bradshaw
Uncovering the secret lives of pets, Dr. John Bradshaw invites young readers to learn more about their closest companions. Told from the point of view of Rusty the terrier, this lively, illustrated book gives kids a front-seat view to the everyday lives of dogs, sharing lessons and growing children into the best pet owners they can be.
