The book to be discussed is "Things We Couldn't Say" by Jay Coles. Pick up a copy of the book at Martindale-Brightwood. Never attended? We would love to have you!
Things We Couldn't Say by Jay Coles is available as a print book, an e-book, a downloadable audiobook, an audiobook CD, and as a Book Club Kit in the Library's collection.
"There's always been a hole in Gio's life. Not because he's into both guys and girls. Not because his father has some drinking issues. Not because his friends are always bringing him their drama. No, the hole in Gio's life takes the shape of his birth mom, who left Gio, his brother, and his father when Gio was nine years old. For eight years, he never heard a word from her . . . and now, just as he's started to get his life together, she's back."
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.