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I thought Lo did an absolutely brilliant job of writing in this time period. She becomes friends with the only other girl in her advanced math class who introduces her to a lesbian club, the Telegraph Club, where she begins to explore her identity and tries to figure out how she can be both Chinese American and lesbian. Last Night at the Telegraph Club follows Chinese American Lily, a baby gay who is just beginning to realise there is something different about her. The book is absolutely dripping in lesbian culture, and I think the historic details and setting were written exceedingly well. And I’m so impressed! I thought this was a really excellent book, Lo really captures such a clear picture of life in the 50s. What a really lovely first read of 2021! I’ve never read any Malindo Lo before, but I was very interested in this historical YA exploring the intersection of lesbian culture and Chinese American culture. 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. Red-Scare paranoia threatens everyone, including Chinese Americans like Lily. 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.Īmerica in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in love, especially not in Chinatown. 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?”

Rep: Chinese American mc, lesbian mc + liĪcclaimed 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.

Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers Title: Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

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