Love is Love LGBTQIA+ Book Club: "The Skin and its Girl"
 

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:
- Jan. 27: "Scorched Grace" by Margot Douaihy
- Feb 24: "Congratulations, the best is over" by R. Eric Thomas
- Mar 24: "The Skin and its Girl" by Sarah Cypher
- Apr 28: "The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet" by Emily Chambers
- May 27: "The Very Nice Box" by Eve Gleichman, Laura Blacket
- June 23: "The Guncle Abroad" by Steven Rowley
- July 28: "One Last Stop" by Casey McQuiston
- Aug 25: "Kissing Girls on Shabbat" by Sara Glass
- Sept 22: "High Risk Homosexual" by Edgar Gomez
- Oct 27: "Interesting Facts About Space" by Emily Austin
- Nov 24: "Lies With Man" by Michael Nava
- Dec.15: Happy Hour Book Swap - Location TBD
- 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:
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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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