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17歲的Lily Hu不記得胸中那股無從解釋的渴望，究竟是何時在心底生了根。
不過，當她和Kathleen Millier兩人在一間名為《電報俱樂部》的女同志酒吧，霓虹招牌下，突然間，一切似乎都充滿了可能。
但也只是「似乎」，她和Kathleen只能躲在霓虹燈下的情愫，是否終有攤在陽光下的可能？對兩名偷偷相愛的少女而言，五O年代的美國並不安全，尤其在唐人街。時值麥卡錫主義風潮正盛，紅色恐慌席捲美國社會，政治氛圍帶來的威脅籠罩著這裡的每個人，包括中裔美籍的Lily、包括她勤懇一生，終於取得公民身分的父親。
作者Malinda Lo以大量歷史細節，深入描繪作為故事背景的五O年代舊金山唐人街。
從移民生活樣貌，到當時的社會氛圍，本書試圖觸及的，除了身分及文化認同、傳統家庭價值與社會氛圍的齟齬，更記錄了大時代下華裔女同志面臨的，來自國與家的雙重排拒與壓力。
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD AND STONEWALL BOOK AWARD • From acclaimed author Malinda Lo comes a gripping, tender coming-of-age novel exploring identity, queerness, and historical upheaval set in San Francisco’s Chinatown during the 1950s.
“Lush, ambitious and layered, Malinda Lo’s sweeping historical novel is 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.
Meticulously researched, emotionally stirring, and startlingly brave, Last Night at the Telegraph Club is a standout work of historical fiction that has taken the world by storm.
Winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature • A Michael L. Printz Honor Book • A We Need Diverse Books Walter Dean Myers Honor Book • A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist • A Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Book of the Century
