We will be discussing "Under the Bayou Moon" by Valerie Fraser Luesse. Copies of this month's book can be picked up from the West Indy Branch. Adults are invited to this free monthly book discussion program. We meet on the second Monday of the month.
Under the Bayou Moon by Valerie Fraser Luesse is available as a print book, a downloadable audiobook, an e-book, and as a large print book in The Library's collection.
"Restless with the familiarity of her Alabama home, Ellie Fields accepts a teaching job in a tiny Louisiana town deep in bayou country. Though rightfully suspicious of outsiders, most of the people in tiny Bernadette, Louisiana, come to appreciate the young and idealistic schoolteacher as a boon to the town. She's soon teaching just about everyone--and coming up against opposition from both the school board and a politician with ulterior motives. Acclimating to a whole new world, Ellie meets an intriguing Cajun fisherman named Raphe. Raphe and Ellie have barely found their way to each other when a shocking turn of events tests their love and their will to right a terrible wrong."
The first West Indianapolis Branch opened in 1897, following the annexation of West Indianapolis into the city of Indianapolis. A new building on West Morris Street, constructed with funds from a $120,000 grant by the Andrew Carnegie Foundation, opened in 1912 and served the community until 1986, when the current 5,000-square-foot branch began service on South Kappes Street.