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LGBTQIA+ Book Club in May
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The house of impossible beauties
by Joseph Cassara
A first novel, inspired by the House of Xtravaganza made famous in the documentary Paris Is Burning, follows a cast of gay and transgender kids navigating the Harlem ball scene of the 1980s and 1990s.
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Speak no evil
by Uzodinma Iweala
An Ivy League-bound star athlete from a prestigious private school in Washington, D.C., and his best friend, the daughter of prominent government insiders, struggle with brutal responses to the young man's sexual orientation before finding themselves speeding toward a violent and senseless future.
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The Sparsholt affair
by Alan Hollinghurst
A World War II-era Oxford engineering student who hides secret ambitions to join the Royal Air Force and the lonely son of a celebrated novelist forge a fateful bond that reverberates throughout seven decades of shared family life and friendship. By the award-winning author of The Line of Beauty.
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A whisper of bones : A Jane Lawless Mystery
by Ellen Hart
Visiting her mother's family home for the first time since her own childhood, Britt is shocked when her relatives tell her that a cousin she played with never existed, a mystery that is investigated by private investigator Jane Lawless amid a suspicious fire, the discovery of a buried body and an untimely death. By the award-winning author of Fever in the Dark.
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Bingo Love
by Tee Franklin
When Hazel Johnson and Mari McCray met at church bingo in 1963, it was love at first sight. Forced apart by their families and society, Hazel and Mari both married young men and had families. Decades later, now in their mid-'60s, Hazel and Mari reunite again at a church bingo hall. Realizing their love for each other is still alive, what these grandmothers do next takes absolute strength and courage. From TEE FRANKLIN (NAILBITER's "THE OUTFIT," Love is Love) and JENN ST-ONGE (Jem and The Misfits), BINGO LOVE is a touching story of love, family, and resiliency that spans over 60 years.
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All Out : The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages
by Saundra Mitchell
An anthology of 17 historical and diverse short stories includes contributions by such leading LGBTQ authors as Alex Sanchez, Dahlia Adler and Kody Keplinger and includes such diverse tales as a retelling of "Little Red Riding Hood" set in war-torn 1870s Mexico and a story of forbidden love in a 16th-century Spanish convent.
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The beauty that remains
by Ashley Woodfolk
Bonding over a shared love a music, an artist, a twin and a writer of love songs suffer heartbreaking losses that compel them to seek solace in their musical activities and wonder how to pick up the pieces. A first novel.
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Inkmistress
by Audrey Coulthurst
A demigoddess with the power to change the future struggles to protect her world from powers gone dangerously awry, a situation that is further complicated by the destructive intentions of the girl she loves.
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Some Hell
by Patrick Nathan
A wrenching and layered debut about a gay teen's coming-of-age in the aftermath of his father's suicide traces the efforts of a middle-school youth who searches for a confidante and solace while reading his late father's bizarre personal notebooks and enduring painful family dynamics.
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People like us
by Dana Mele
When a girl is found dead at her elite boarding school, soccer-star Kay Donovan follows a scavenger hunt which implicates suspects increasingly close to her, unraveling her group of popular friends and perfectly constructed life. A first novel.
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Feeder
by Patrick Weekes
Lori Fisher hunts monsters, aided by an interdimensional creature called Handler, but when she stumbles across the Nix, a kidnapped group of mutant teens, she becomes the hunted
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One true way
by Shannon Hitchcock
Follows the experiences of two girls in a 1970s middle school who discover that their friendship is something more, a situation that is challenged by the culture of silence and intolerance endured by anyone who is different in their community.
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Ivy Aberdeen's letter to the world
by Ashley Herring Blake
Twelve-year-old Ivy Aberdeen's house is destroyed in a tornado, and in the aftermath of the storm, she begins to develop feelings for another girl at school
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