Last Night at the Telegraph Club

416 pages

English language

Published April 7, 2021 by Penguin Young Readers Group.

ISBN:
978-0-525-55525-4
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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.

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A really good read.

This was a lovely coming-of-age story where a Chinese teen realizes she may be queer in a time where it is illegal for gays to gather together still. It was not a super fluffy book by any means, but also remained fairly light with everything that happened. I feel like this would be a good starting point for showing the hate that has always existed for those deemed lesser. Definitely one I would recommend.

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