The book to be discussed is "World of Wonders" by Aimee Nezhukumatathil. The facilitator of the book discussion will be Leah Milne, who is the Associate Professor of Multicultural American Literature and Director of Graduate Studies in English at the University of Indianapolis.
World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments is available as a print book, an e-book, and as a audiobook CD in the Library's collection. Pick up a free copy at the Martindale-Brightwood library, while supplies last.
"As a child, Nezhukumatathil called many places home: the grounds of a Kansas mental institution, where her Filipina mother was a doctor; the open skies and tall mountains of Arizona, where she hiked with her Indian father; and the chillier climes of western New York and Ohio. But no matter where she was transplanted--no matter how awkward the fit or forbidding the landscape--she was able to turn to our world's fierce and funny creatures for guidance."
The Brightwood Branch opened in 1901 as the sixth public library in Indianapolis. It served the Brightwood community at several locations along Station Street, one street west of its current North Sherman Avenue storefront site which opened in 1972. A 1996 renovation at this location doubled the size of the branch to 5,400 square feet. In 2020, a brand-new branch building, across the street from the previous branch, was completed and re-named as the Martindale-Brightwood Branch.
