Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Winner of the National Book Award
A New York Times Bestseller
"The queer romance we've been waiting for."--Ms. Magazine
Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can't remember exactly when the feeling took root--that desire to look, to move closer, to touch. Whenever it started growing, it definitely bloomed the moment she and Kathleen Miller walked under the flashing neon sign of a lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club. Suddenly everything seemed possible.
But America in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in love, especially not in Chinatown. Red-Scare paranoia threatens everyone, including Chinese Americans like Lily. With deportation looming over her father--despite his hard-won citizenship--Lily and Kath risk everything to let their love see the light of day.
Award: National Book Awards - Winner
Award: Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature - Winner
Award: Michael L. Printz Award - Honor Book
Award: Stonewall Book Award - Winner
- Young Adult
- 432 (PB) / 416 (HC)
- Dutton Books for Young Readers
- January 19, 2021
- 9780525555278 (PB) and 9780525555254 (HC)