β Scribed by Malinda Lo
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
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 Red Scare.
βThat book. It was about two women, and they fell in love with each other.β 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: βHave you ever heard of such a thing?β
Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu canβt 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 fatherβdespite his hard-won citizenshipβLily and Kath risk everything to let their love see the light of day.
"Lo's writing, restrained yet luscious, shimmers with the thrills of youthful desire. A lovely, memorable novel about listening to the whispers of a wayward heart and claiming a place in the world."βSarah Waters, bestselling and award winning author of Tipping the Velvet and The Night Watch
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