Join us for a fun discussion of LGBTQIA+ themed books! 

Our bookclub features a monthly selection of fiction and non-fiction titles centered on queer characters.

The group meets on the 4th Monday of each month, except in May, which meets on Tuesday, May 27, and in December, which meets on Monday, December 15.

Meetings are held in person at Central Library in the Wilson Room or online via Zoom. We look forward to seeing you!

REGISTRATION RECOMMENDED. Registration is required for a meeting reminder, and to receive the Zoom link.

For adults age 18+.

For more information email Lib-CentralOperations@arlingtonva.us

2025 Love is Love Booklist:

Date:
Monday, March 24, 2025
Time:
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Location:
Wilson Room
Library:
Central Library
Audience:
Events for Adults Good for Adults Age 55+
Categories:
Book Discussion
Calendar:
Arlington Public Library

Registration is required. There are 15 in-person seats available. There are 10 online seats available.

About the Book:

"A young, queer Palestinian American woman pieces together her great-aunt's secrets in this sweeping debut, a family saga confronting questions of sexual identity, exile, and lineage. In a Pacific Northwest hospital far from the Rummani family's ancestral home in Palestine, the heart of a stillborn baby begins to beat and her skin turns a vibrant, permanent cobalt blue. On the same day, the Rummanis' centuries-old soap factory in Nablus is destroyed in an air strike. The family matriarch and keeper of all Rummani lore, Aunt Nuha, believes that the blue girl embodies their sacred history, harkening to a time when the Rummanis were among the wealthiest soap-makers and their blue soap was a symbol of a legendary love. Decades later, Betty returns to her Aunt Nuha's gravestone, faced with a difficult decision: Should she stay in the only country she's ever known or should she follow her heart for the woman she loves, perpetuating her family's cycle of exile? Betty finds her answer in partially translated notebooks that reveal her aunt's complex life and struggle with her own sexuality, which Nuha hid to help the family emigrate to the United States. But, as Betty soon discovers, her aunt hid much more than that."--

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