RainbowLit: LGBTQ+ Book Group

MONDAY, JUNE 26, 7:00—8:30 PM

online: register: https://belmontpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/rainbowlit-lgbtq-book-group-6/

Please join our LGBTQ+ Book Club: RainbowLit. This group will meet every 4th Monday of them onth. The group is sponsored by the Library and the Belmont LGBTQ+ Alliance. We will be reading fiction, non-fiction, and sometimes poetry. June's selection is Roses in the Mouth of a Lion by Bushra Rehman. Read on for a brief description:

Razia Mirza grows up amid the wild grape vines and backyard sunflowers of Corona, Queens, with her best friend, Saima, by her side. When a family rift drives the girls apart, Razia’s heart is broken. She finds solace in Taslima, a new girl in her close-knit Pakistani-American community. They embark on a series of small rebellions: listening to scandalous music, wearing miniskirts, and cutting school to explore the city. When Razia is accepted to Stuyvesant, a prestigious high school in Manhattan, the gulf between the person she is and the daughter her parents want her to be, widens. At Stuyvesant, Razia meets Angela and is attracted to her in a way that blossoms into a new understanding. When their relationship is discovered by an Aunty in the community, Razia must choose between her family and her own future.