Reading Liberally Book Club
Hosted by the 44th LD Democrats
Welcome!
This book club was created to encourage challenging and engaging reading within the local democratic community. Genres and topics can change monthly but we will always focus on elevating topics and voices of importance.
Membership in an LD is not required, but it is encouraged. All are welcome!
We meet in-person and digitally via Zoom on the last Tuesday of the month in coordination with Wanderlust Book Lounge in Bothell.
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Book of the Month
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Speak, Okinawa
By Elizabeth Miki Brina
Genre: Non-Fiction Memoir
Elizabeth’s mother was working as hostess in a bar in U.S Occupied Okinawa when she met the American soldier who would become her husband. Language barriers and power imbalances defined their relationship, and as she grows up Elizabeth cannot find her place. This book is her memoir of finding her voice, connecting to her mother’s homeland, and coming to terms with the embattled dynamics of her family’s fraught dynamics.
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The Sympathizer
By Viet Than Nguyen
Genre: Fiction
Written as the coerced confession of an anonymous undercover communist agent in 1975. Part spy novel thriller, part kafka-esque absurdity. Nguyen turns a farcical lens towards the americanization and glorification of the vietnam war. Winner of 2016 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, this debut from Nguyen enjoys playing with duality and the meanings and risk of nationalism.
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Interior Chinatown
By Charles Yu
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Every day Willis Wu plays the role of “Generic Asian Man” in the boring role of “Background Oriental Male” or sometimes “Delivery Driver” on a procedural show called Black and White. But he longs to be “Kung Fu Guy”. He sees his whole world as a T.V show, and one day he decides to break the mold and become a Main Character. Hijinks follow