Money Smart Week: Website and More Books

This week is Money Smart Week.  Check out the Money Smart Week website at http://www.moneysmartweek.org/.  Find online resources at http://www.moneysmartweek.org/resources. Learn more about managing your money with these books: Ellen Rogin and Lisa Kueng Picture Your Prosperity: Smart Money Moves to Turn Your Vision into Reality Request this item NOLO Divorce and Money: How to Make the Best Financial Decisions During Divorce Request this item Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz The Carles Schwab Guide to Finances After Fifty Request this item If you want any more suggestions or ideas, please call or come in the library today!

Money Smart Week

This week is Money Smart Week. Learn more about managing your money with these books: Tim Maurer Simple Money: A No-Nonsense Guide to Personal Finance Request this item Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Philip Moeller, and Paul Solman Get What's Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security Request this item Robert T. Kiyosaki Second Chance For Your Money and Your Life Request this item If you want any more suggestions or ideas, please call or come in the library today!

Death's Summer Coat

Death's Summer Coat: What the History of Death and Dying Teaches Us About Life and Living by Brandy Schillace Summary: In the tradition of Being Mortal, Brandy Schillace looks at what we can learn from the incredibly diverse ways in which humans have dealt with mortality in different times and places Death is something we all confront―it touches our families, our homes, our hearts. And yet we have grown used to denying its existence, treating it as an enemy to be beaten back with medical advances. We are living at a unique point in human history. People are living longer than ever, yet the longer we live, the more taboo and alien our mortality becomes. Yet we, and our loved ones, still remain mortal. People today still struggle with this fact, as we have done throughout our entire history. What led us to this point? What drove us to sanitize death and make it foreign and unfamiliar? Schillace shows how talking about death, and the rituals associated with it, can help provide answers. It also brings us closer together―conversation and community are just as important for living as for dying. Some of the stories are strikingly unfamiliar; others are far more familiar than you might suppose. But all reveal much about the present―and about ourselves. Angie’s comments: The book is a fascinating look back on historical death rites and current death rites. Death is a weighty topic, and Death’s Summer Coat is a hard look at how we deal with death. Recommended for anyone interested in the topic of dying and death. Request this item

The Waters of Eternal Youth

The Waters of Eternal Youth by Donna Leon Summary: In Donna Leon’s Commissario Guido Brunetti series, the Venetian inspector has been called on to investigate many things, from shocking to petty crimes. But in The Waters of Eternal Youth, the 25th novel in this celebrated series, Brunetti finds himself drawn into a case that may not be a case at all. Fifteen years ago, a teenage girl fell into a canal late at night. Unable to swim, she went under and started to drown, only surviving thanks to a nearby man, an alcoholic, who heard her splashes and pulled her out, though not before she suffered irreparable brain damage that left her in a state of permanent childhood, unable to learn or mature. The drunk man claimed he saw her thrown into the canal by another man, but the following day he couldn’t remember a thing. Now, at a fundraising dinner for a Venetian charity, a wealthy and aristocratic patroness—the girl’s grandmother—asks Brunetti if he will investigate. Brunetti’s not sure what to do. If a crime was committed, it would surely have passed the statute of limitations. But out of a mixture of curiosity, pity, and a willingness to fulfill the wishes of a guilt-wracked older woman, who happens to be his mother-in-law’s best friend, he agrees. Brunetti soon finds himself unable to let the case rest, if indeed there is a case. Awash in the rhythms and concerns of contemporary Venetian life, from historical preservation, to housing, to new waves of African migrants, and the haunting story of a woman trapped in a damaged perpetual childhood, The Waters of Eternal Youth is another wonderful addition to this series. Angie’s comments: For a 25th outing, Brunetti is as interesting and enjoyable as ever. Although there is a mystery, the book feels more like regular fiction. The focus isn’t entirely on the mystery, and the mystery isn’t all that mysterious. However, the book is an interesting look at issues facing Venice and its people, and I enjoy the regular family life of Brunetti. Recommended for Donna Leon fans. Request this item Request this item in large print