OKelly Memorial Library

This book is a story of a family that goes through a harrowing event that turns into secrets, lies, and hurt, which could have been dealt with if a scoundrel had not been in the middle of it all. How can one person try to destroy so many lives? The tale starts out as being an uplifting one, when an orphaned teenage boy is adopted by a loving family. Then the unmentionable happens, and the boy seems to turn into someone else entirely. Can his life be turned around? Can the whole family’s lives be saved, or is it too late? The family’s second home on the Cape, which serves as their vacation home for the summers, plays an important role in this emotionally gripping story of family, love, and possible forgiveness. by S.M. OKelly Library Associate

I was looking at an advertisement for an Estee Lauder product, when it occured to me that someone’s name was actually a household word. I started thinking about her and others such as Elizabeth Arden, and realized that I knew absolutely nothing about the actual people these products were named after. Who were they and how did they get their start in business? I decided to check out two books about Elizabeth Arden and Estée Lauder. I got the Elizabeth Arden bio first, so here goes... very interesting by the way! Ms. Arden was born on a New Year’s Eve in the Canadian village of Woodbridge, Ontario. Her parents, poor tenant farmers William and Susan Graham, decided to give her a name the same as a highly regarded English nurse, Florence Nightingale. In her teens, Florence decided she wanted to follow the tradition of her namesake: to be a nurse. That didn’t quite work out for her though. But she did enjoy seeing what was happening in the hospital lab. New discoveries appealed to