Name: St. Louis Area Lesbian Book Club
Start: 2024-12-10T19:00:00-06:00
End: 2024-12-10T20:00:00-06:00

The St. Louis Area Lesbian Book Club meets every 2nd Tuesday of each month. Enjoy discussion in a warm atmosphere and meet new friends.

We meet at the Brentwood Bread Co.

August 13 **From Here** 4.9 stars 313 pages by Luma Mufleh
**In her coming-of-age memoir, refugee advocate Luma Mufleh writes of her tumultuous journey to reconcile her identity as a gay Muslim woman and a proud Arab-turned-American refugee.**With no word for “gay” in Arabic, Luma may not have known what to call the feelings she had growing up in Jordan during the 1980s, but she knew well enough to keep them secret. It was clear that not only would her family have trouble accepting her, but trapped in a conservative religious society, she could’ve also been killed if anyone discovered her sexuality. Luma spent her teenage years increasingly desperate to find a way out, and finally found one when she was accepted into college in the United States. Once there, Luma begins the ago­nizing process of applying for political asylum, which ensures her safety—but causes her family to break ties with her.

September 10 **Sister Matthew and Sister Rose: Novices in Love**
4.3 stars 310 page by Carol Anne Douglas
Maureen Collins, recently named Sister Matthew in the novitiate at St. Euphrosnye’s convent in Western Maryland in 1962, doubts the existence of God. She entered the convent for several reasons: she thinks being surrounded by believers might help her believe; she knows she’s attracted to women and wants to avoid pressure to date men and marry; and she feels guilty about something that happened when she was in high school.

October 8 **Fortune Favors the Dead** 4.4 stars 329 pages
by Stephen Spottiswood
**A wildly charming and fast-paced mystery written with all the panache of the hardboiled classics, *Fortune Favors the Dead* introduces Pentecost and Parker, an audacious new detective duo for the ages**
It's 1942 and Willowjean "Will" Parker is a scrappy circus runaway whose knife-throwing skills have just saved the life of New York's best, and most unorthodox, private investigator, Lillian Pentecost. When the dapper detective summons Will a few days later, she doesn't expect to be offered a life-changing proposition: Lillian's multiple sclerosis means she can't keep up with her old case load alone, so she wants to hire Will to be her right-hand woman. In return, Will is to receive a salary, room and board, and training in Lillian's very particular art of investigation.

November 12- **Broken Horses: A Memoir** 4.7 stars 317 pages
by Brandi Carlile
Brandi Carlile was born into a musically gifted, impoverished family on the outskirts of Seattle and grew up in a constant state of change, moving from house to house, trailer to trailer, fourteen times in as many years. Though imperfect in every way, her dysfunctional childhood was as beautiful as it was strange, and as nurturing as it was difficult. At the age of five, Brandi contracted bacterial meningitis, which almost took her life, leaving an indelible mark on her formative years and altering her journey into young adulthood.

December 10 **Journal of a Black Queer Nurse** 5 stars 182 pages
by Britney Daniels
**In this searing, honest memoir, a Black queer emergency-room nurse works the front lines during COVID-19.**
“Can I have a white nurse?” the patient asked Britney Daniels. “Sorry ma'am,” Britney replied, “we are fresh out of white nurses.”
Britney Daniels is a Black, masculine-presenting, tattooed lesbian from a working-class background. For the last five years, she has been working as an emergency-room nurse. She began *Journal of a Black Queer Nurse* as a personal diary, a tool to heal from the day-to-day traumas of seeing too much and caring too much.

January 14 **Molten Death—An Orchid Isle Mystery** 4.1 stars 270 pages
by Leslie Karst
***A glimpse of a quickly melting corpse at the foot of a volcano has amateur sleuth and food enthusiast Valerie Corbin shocked. But how can she investigate a murder, when there's no evidence the victim ever existe***
Retired caterer Valerie Corbin and her wife Kristen have come to the Big Island of Hawai'i to treat themselves to a well-earned tropical vacation. After the recent loss of her brother, Valerie is in sore need of a distraction from her troubles and is looking forward to enjoying the delicious food and vibrant culture the state has to offer.

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