Last Night at the Telegraph Club -

Malinda Lo

Dutton Books for Young Readers

2021

416 páginas

13h 52m

ISBN-10: 0525555250

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.

“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.

"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."—Sarah Waters, bestselling and award winning author of Tipping the Velvet and The Night Watch

Resenhas (139)

5 (Perfeito)

Perfeito

Não consigo pensar em nada que eu mudaria nesse livro.
O desenvolvimento foi muito bom, a história e cultura da época foram muito bem representadas e o casal foi a coisa mais linda de se ler. Tiveram cenas muito engraçadas e fofas e outras que me fizeram chorar muito.
Por se passar na década de 50 fiquei um pouco receosa de como a autora faria o final e se ele ficaria realista, então amei como ela construiu um final mais aberto.
Lily e Kath deixaram meu coração quentinho.