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Queer people and Allies who like to read books about, for and written by the LGBTQ+ community!
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Queer Book Club - Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Young Ethel’s, 506 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, USHey Everyone!
**Welcome to Queer Book Club!
We read books about, for and written by queer people! Follow us on Instagram @queer_book_club
We had a great time last meeting talking about Christopher and his Kind. For next month we chose to read, Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Our next meetup will be held on Tuesday January 13th at Young Ethel’s in Park Slope BK
This month we will be reading Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
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Sue Trinder is an orphan, left as an infant in the care of Mrs. Sucksby, a "baby farmer," who raised her with unusual tenderness, as if Sue were her own. Mrs. Sucksby’s household, with its fussy babies calmed with doses of gin, also hosts a transient family of petty thieves—fingersmiths—for whom this house in the heart of a mean London slum is home.
One day, the most beloved thief of all arrives—Gentleman, an elegant con man, who carries with him an enticing proposition for Sue: If she wins a position as the maid to Maud Lilly, a naïve gentlewoman, and aids Gentleman in her seduction, then they will all share in Maud’s vast inheritance. Once the inheritance is secured, Maud will be disposed of—passed off as mad, and made to live out the rest of her days in a lunatic asylum.
With dreams of paying back the kindness of her adopted family, Sue agrees to the plan. Once in, however, Sue begins to pity her helpless mark and care for Maud Lilly in unexpected ways...But no one and nothing is as it seems in this Dickensian novel of thrills and reversals.
**At the end of the discussion we can vote on which book we read for next month so bring a queer suggestion.
Make sure to support our amazing host bar, by buying drinks! They are so great to support us so we must do our part in return!
We are a lovely accepting group of queers and allies, and all are welcome!
Our book list is officially too long for meetup and will now live on this google doc!
Queer Book Club - Booklist
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