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Adult Book Discussion at Lawrence
Tuesday, October 15
10:30am - 11:30am
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2024-10-15 10:30:00
2024-10-15 11:30:00
America/Indiana/Indianapolis
Adult Book Discussion at Lawrence
Adults are invited to this monthly book discussion program. The title for October is "Take My Hand" by Dolen Perkins-Valdez.
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Adults are invited to this monthly book discussion program. The title for October is "Take My Hand" by Dolen Perkins-Valdez.
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez is available as a print book, an e-book, a downloadable audiobook, and as a large print book in The Library's collection.
Montgomery, Alabama 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend has big plans to make a difference, especially in her African American community. At the Montgomery Family Planning Clinic, she intends to help women make their own choices for their lives and bodies, but when her first week on the job takes her down a dusty country road to a worn down one-room cabin, she’s shocked to learn that her new patients are children—just 11 and 13 years old. Neither of the Williams sisters has even kissed a boy, but they are poor and Black and for those handling the family’s welfare benefits that’s reason enough to have the girls on birth control.
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The Lawrence Branch opened in 1967 on North Franklin Road in a storefront previously occupied by the Lawrence Post Office. It was the first branch to open within an incorporated town in Marion County. Rapid population growth demonstrated the need for a larger, permanent facility to serve the northeast side. A 3.44 acre site was purchased from MSD Lawrence Township for a new 13,500-square-foot library that opened in 1983.
Renovated in 2020, the Lawrence Branch re-opened to changes that maximized access to the Library’s services and collections, created engaging and functional spaces for those of all ages, and increased access to new technology. The project also provided group study and tutoring areas, improved lighting, more outlets for charging stations, and updates to the entrance, public restrooms and interior finishes.