RainbowLit: LGBTQ+ Book Group
Monday, April 28, 7:00—8:30 PM Online
This month we will be reading Kissing Girls on Shabbat: a Memoir by Sara Glass. “A searing testament to the strength in claiming one’s destiny.” —The Washington Post
A moving coming-of-age memoir in the vein of Unorthodox and Educated, about one young woman’s desperate attempt to protect her children and family while also embracing her queer identity in a controlling Hasidic community. Growing up in the Hasidic community of Brooklyn’s Borough Park, Sara Glass knew one painful truth: what was expected of her and what she desperately wanted were impossibly opposed. Tormented by her attraction to women and trapped in a loveless arranged marriage, she found herself unable to conform to her religious upbringing and soon, she made the difficult decision to walk away from the world she knew.
This book club for adults will be held online through Zoom. Copies of the book are available across from the Circulation Desk at the Library's temporary location in the Beech Street Center (266 Beech St.)