Library staff members Lesley Conway and Pia Butcher run a radio show each Wednesday 12:05pm-12:45pm on Eastern FM 98.1 called The Eastern Regional Library Show. Tune in next Wednesday for a great show.
On Wednesday's show
Light reading for the summer holidays is always in great demand, and something new by a favourite author is especially good. Lyn brought in the latest novel by Alexander McCall Smith, La's orchestra saves the world which is unusual for him in that it is not part of a series. You may have read his No.1 Ladies Detective Agency, set in Botswana, or 44 Scotland Street, set in Edinburgh, but this latest is about a young woman dealing with her husbands desertion just before the Second World War. It is as gentle and quirky as his other novels, and deals with La's (short for Lavender) attempts to rebuild her life by starting an orchestra on a RAF base, and her unrequited love for a Polish refugee.
Alexander McCall Smith has begun another series which is being published in weekly installments online by the Telegraph newspaper, called Corduroy Mansions, set in London. While it is already up to episode 58, it should be a good read, and there is the added charm that you can listen to it being read by Andrew Sachs.
There is always a detective novel in Lyn's review selection, and today it is the latest Phryne Fisher story from Kerry Greenwood, Murder on a midsummer night. Lyn was only two thirds of the way through, so there was no way she could tell is who dunnit. Phryne, the very model of a svelte and sophisticated young woman of the 1920's has two mysteries to deal with, one an apparent suicide which may be murder, and the other a search for the illegitimate child of a wealthy woman who has died and left her money to 'all' her children. I have no doubt that Phryne will solve the mysteries with flair and humour.
I spoke on air today to one of the authors of a new and very informative book, Anthea Wynn, who with Val Nigol has written Aged Care Homes : the complete Australian Guide. Val is a Financial Planner and Chartered Accountant who realised that there was a gap in practical resources available to people contemplating Aged Care facilities, and who contacted Thea, a freelance technical writer to assist in putting together a relevant and comprehensive guide. The book is written with admirable clarity, and Thea said she had in mind that people dealing with the issues around moving to an Aged Care facility were often overwhelmed and often upset, and that many more people whose first language is not English are looking for information about this stage of their life, and need information in plain English. The text answers the questions we all ask about how to assess when someone needs these facilities, how to be confident that the Home provides good service, how to deal with government agencies, and provides an Australia wide list of Aged Care facilities and government agencies. There are several copies of this title in our libraries, and link to it on internet is www.nursinghomebook.com.au.
---- Lesley
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