Queer Book Club
Thu, Jul 11
|Resevoir Park
Open to all, this is primarily a space for queer folks to meet other people in the community and share their love of reading by diving into books that explore the queer identity!
Time & Location
Jul 11, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Resevoir Park, 832 E Orange St, Lancaster, PA 17602, USA
Guests
About the event
Hello! For July we will be reading Pet by Akwaeke Emezi.
A singular book that explores themes of identity and justice. Pet is here to hunt a monster. Are you brave enough to look?
There are no monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. Jam and her best friend, Redemption, have grown up with this lesson all their life. But when Jam meets Pet, a creature made of horns and colors and claws, who emerges from one of her mother's paintings and a drop of Jam's blood, she must reconsider what she's been told. Pet has come to hunt a monster, and the shadow of something grim lurks in Redemption's house. Jam must fight not only to protect her best friend, but also to uncover the truth, and the answer to the question--How do you save the world from monsters if no one will…