Boston ABG August Meeting (and Pool Party!)

165 Cambridgepark Drive,Cambridge MA 02140

28 August, 2021

Description

It was the hottest summer of our lives / It was the coldest summer for the rest of our lives / So we’re throwing a pool party. It was the hottest summer of our lives / It was the coldest summer for the rest of our lives / So we’re throwing a pool party / Come crack open a cold one with the ABGs. Our August read is “Arsenic and Adobo” by Mia P. Manansala. Everyone is welcome but AAPI identifying people are especially encouraged to join. This event is for fully vaccinated adults only. About the book: “When Lila Macapagal moves back home to recover from a horrible breakup, her life seems to be following all the typical rom-com tropes. She’s tasked with saving her Tita Rosie’s failing restaurant, and she has to deal with a group of matchmaking aunties who shower her with love and judgment. But when a notoriously nasty food critic (who happens to be her ex-boyfriend) drops dead moments after a confrontation with Lila, her life quickly swerves from a Nora Ephron romp to an Agatha Christie case. With the cops treating her like she’s the one and only suspect, and the shady landlord looking to finally kick the Macapagal family out and resell the storefront, Lila’s left with no choice but to conduct her own investigation. Armed with the nosy auntie network, her barista best bud, and her trusted Dachshund, Longanisa, Lila takes on this tasty, twisted case and soon finds her own neck on the chopping block…” Interested in Asian American lit? Want to read books with other millennials? Like eating snacks? Join the Boston Asian Book Group!