Malinda Lo: Last Night at the Telegraph Club (2021, Penguin Young Readers Group)
416 pages
English language
Published April 7, 2021 by Penguin Young Readers Group.
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.
Gay and beautiful all-around stem girlies at their best
CW: the pigs do more than squeal in this one.
Great writing, fascinating multi-layered story. Excited to read the companion novel. Great for YA LGBTQ collection dev. Fuck the book burning censors.
