2020-05 pick
QueeReads Montreal picks Public
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Care Work by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
5 stars
"In their new, long-awaited collection of essays, Lambda Literary Award-winning writer and longtime disability justice activist and performance artist Leah …
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4 stars
Celebrated multidisciplinary artist Vivek Shraya’s second novel is a no-holds-barred examination of the music industry, social media, and making art …
interlibraryprone says: Meeting was 2020-05-31
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Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
5 stars
A collection of fifteen essays written between 1976 and 1984 gives clear voice to Audre Lorde's literary and philosophical personae. …
interlibraryprone says: 2020-05 pick
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4 stars
A tale of homosexual love in early 20th-century England, it follows Maurice Hall from his schooldays through university and beyond.
interlibraryprone says: 2020-04 pick
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Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (Wayward Children, #1)
4 stars
Children have always disappeared under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of …
interlibraryprone says: 2020-04 pick
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interlibraryprone says: Meeting 2020-03-29
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interlibraryprone says: 2020-03 pick
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We Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib
4 stars
A memoir of hope, faith and love, Samra Habib's story starts with growing up as part of a threatened minority …
interlibraryprone says: 2020-02 pick, meeting 2020-02-23. This was the first book I read as part of the book club, but the club had been going well before I joined.
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Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin (A Laurel book)
5 stars
Considered an 'audacious' second novel, GIOVANNI'S ROOM is set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence. This …
interlibraryprone says: Meeting was 2020-02-09
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interlibraryprone says: Meeting was 2020-01-19
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The Color Purple by Alice Walker
4 stars
Life wasn't easy for Celie. But she knew how to survive, needing little to get by. Then her husband's lover, …
interlibraryprone says: Meeting was 2020-01-12.
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The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
4 stars
The Price of Salt (later republished under the title Carol) is a 1952 romance novel by Patricia Highsmith, first published …
interlibraryprone says: Meeting was 2019-11-23
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
4 stars
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the …
interlibraryprone says: Meeting 2019-11-17
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The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang (Tensorate, #1)
4 stars
The Black Tides of Heaven is one of a pair of standalone introductions to JY Yang's Tensorate Series. For more …
interlibraryprone says: Meeting 2019-11-03.
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Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
3 stars
Within every woman there is a wild and natural creature, a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and …
interlibraryprone says: Meeting was 2019-10-19
