synopsis of last night at the telegraph club

That unforgettable time was also in the middle of the Red-Scare paranoia where everyone’s activities where heavily monitored and anything outside of the norm was flagged as communist behavior.

I truly enjoyed seeing and experiencing Chinatown, San Francisco in the 1950’s through Lily’s eyes because it was a significant period where racial diversity and cultural expression was concerned. I’m a huge fan of lesbian historical fiction books and I am not ashamed to admit that Malinda Lo has become one of my new favorite authors.

I love the fact that this story was told from several characters’ points of view because it was easy for me to understand what made them tick. There were times where I felt as though I was right there beside Lily and Kath when they were at the Telegraph Club because I could easily imagine their shock and delight at finding and being in a place where they were free to be themselves. This author gave me a lot of important historical information in each section and she also gave me vivid descriptions of what Chinatown and the surrounding areas used to look like. Malinda Lo has done a fabulous job of portraying the slow and tender development of Lily and Kath’s relationship. My heart really went out to these girls and I wanted to reach through my kindle to give them the biggest and mushiest hugs known to womankind! The Writing Style It was so easy for me to get attached to these endearing characters because I could totally relate to their fears about coming out to their family members and friends. Lily and Kath knew that they were different from the other girls in their class but they didn’t know how to put their puzzling feelings into words until they slowly but surely fell in love with each other. Kath is a huge fan of airplanes because they represent freedom and endless possibilities and she is willing to do whatever it takes to become a pilot. Lily has always been caught up in the mysteries of outer space and she wants to work in a laboratory that specializes in space travel as soon as she graduates from college. Lily Hu and Kathleen ‘Kath’ Miller are seventeen-year-old students and they are in their final year of high school. Will Lily and Kath put everything on the line so that they could hold on to each other and their love? The Characters There’s also a slight chance that Lily’s father could be deported even though he has worked hard to obtain his citizenship. It is 1954 in America and it is one of the most dangerous times for Lily and Kath to fall in love because the Red Scare paranoia has everyone on edge. Lily Hu can’t remember when she began to question who she really is, but all of her concerns and doubts about herself were laid to rest when she and Kathleen Miller turned up on the doorstep of a popular lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club. Last Night At The Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo is a beautiful and heart-wrenching historical young adult novel.

Synopsis of last night at the telegraph club