February 25, 2022
Recommended Reads
Little Fires Everywhereby Celeste Ng
Are you familiar with Hulu’s Little Fires Everywhere, released as a series in 2020? Did you know it was previously a novel? Celeste Ng’s novel by the same name is the captivating story of the power struggle between a non-traditional mother and a “white picket fence” mother in the not-so-distant ‘90s. While they duke it out to either “prove” or “disprove” the best way to raise a child, their kids learn what it means to live, to love, and all the struggles that come with becoming young adults in a world that believes in conformity at all costs. The author plays with the idea of breaking the societal expectation boundaries by becoming a traveling artist while her daughter is still an infant. They decide to settle down for the first time in a sleepy little town of upper-middle class citizens where life appears to be perfect. Almost everyone graduates high school, attends a prestigious college, and starts a family soon after. What happens when these two worlds collide cannot be undone. Romantic entanglements, family neglect, and secret pasts finally bubble to the surface for all to see. What’s more important? Fitting in or giving your child the best life you can give them?Trigger Warning: Mentions or depictions of abortion, child neglect, bullying, racism, sexism, and mental-health struggles.
Pride Center Pick: The Well of Loneliness
by Radclyffe Hall
Are you looking for new book to read? Look no further than the Pride Center’s queer book of the month: The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall. The novel tells the life story of Stephen Gordon, a lesbian born to a wealthy family in the twentieth century. Filled with many depressing twists and turns, the book shows the sadness that could come from living in a time where being queer was criminalized. Despite its overall emotional story and somewhat controversial content, the book was historically significant as one of the first modern novels about lesbians. Stop in by the Pride Center (M-145) lending library to check out The Well of Loneliness today! If the copy is gone, there are over 200 other queer-friendly books to choose from.