Upcoming Book Club dates (usually the fourth Thursday of each month):
5/23 – Tell Me How to Be by Neel Patel
6/27 –
Straight to Normal: My Life as a Gay Man by Sharif D. Rangnekar
7/25 –
The Newlyweds: Rearranging Marriage in Modern India by Mansi Chokshi
A list of past books we've read can be found
here.
BOOK DISCUSSIONWhen: Thursday, May 23rd, 7pm ET/6pm CT
Where: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86977538168?pwd=Mlo3QlRRMG0wUXluMlFwMTRRQWRRZz09Book: Tell Me How to Be by Neel Patel
Description: Lost in the jungle of Los Angeles, Akash Amin is filled with shame. Shame for liking men. Shame for wanting to be a songwriter. Shame for not being like his perfect brother. Shame for his alcoholism. And most of all, shame for what happened with the first boy he ever loved. When his mother tells him she is selling the family home, Akash must return to Illinois to confront his demons and the painful memory of a sexual awakening that became a nightmare.
Akash's mum, Renu, is also plagued by guilt. She had it all: doting husband, beautiful house, healthy sons. But as the one-year anniversary of her husband's death approaches Renu can't stop wondering if she chose the wrong life thirty-five years ago and should have stayed in London with her first love.
Together, Renu and Akash pack up the house, retreating further into the secrets that stand between them. When their pasts catch up to them, Renu and Akash must decide between the lives they left behind and the ones they've since created.
Length: 336 pages
Library Availability:
Ebook: Montgomery,
DCAudio: Hoopla,
Montgomery,
FairfaxPhysical: DC,
Alexandria,
Arlington,
Fairfax,
Prince GeorgeBook Club Guidelines:
- This space is open to all.
- This space is a trans-affirming space, so please honor people’s names and pronouns.
- You do not need to have read/finished the book to join the book club conversation.
- Be mindful of the space you take, giving others the opportunity to partake in the discussion.
- Be mindful about your own explicit and/or implicit biases, such as (but not limited to) ableism, anti-blackness, biphobia, casteism, internalized racism, misogyny, transphobia and religious biases.
- Be respectful of others and their opinions. Agree to disagree.
- Respect each other’s privacy.
