January Book du Mois: Last Night at the Telegraph Club

302 A Jefferson Street,Lafayette LA 70501

29 January, 2022

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Lo beckons readers, sentence by restrained sentence, into this incandescent novel of queer possibility.”—National Book Award Winner Citation We will meet in The Whisper Room to discuss Last Night at the Telegraph Club on Saturday, January 29 at 11:30. Join the Book du Mois Facebook Group to be sure you don't miss any of our upcoming Book du Mois picks, and support Beausoleil Books by getting your copy Last Night at the Telegraph Club through our affiliates Bookshop and Libro.fm. Acclaimed author of Ash Malinda Lo returns with her most personal and ambitious novel yet, a gripping story of love and duty set in San Francisco’s Chinatown during the 1950s. “That book. It was about two women, and they fell in love with each other.” And then Lily asked the question that had taken root in her, that was even now unfurling its leaves and demanding to be shown the sun: “Have you ever heard of such a thing?” Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can’t remember exactly when the question took root, but the answer was in full bloom the moment she and Kathleen Miller walked under the flashing neon sign of a lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club. America in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in love, especially not in Chinatown. Red-Scare paranoia threatens everyone, including Chinese Americans like Lily. With deportation looming over her father—despite his hard-won citizenship—Lily and Kath risk everything to let their love see the light of day. More than just a local bookstore, Beausoleil Books hopes to bring the Acadiana community closer and create space for togetherness.