Book Club: The Lover's Dictionary

Join us for coffee, conversation, and community as we discuss David Levithan's The Lover's Dictionary, the story of a relationship told through dictionary entries on Wednesday, November 19 at 1:00pm. Upon its release, The Lover's Dictionary received positive reviews from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, NPR, Booklist, The Guardian, and Library Journal. Levithan is the recipient of the Lambda Literary Award, the Printz Award, and the Margaret A. Edwards Award, among others; several of his novels have been adapted for films and TV, including the 2020 Netflix series Dash & Lily. Available wherever books are sold and from the Free Library of Philadelphia.

There has to be a moment at the beginning when you wonder whether you're in love with the person or in love with the feeling of love itself.
If the moment doesn't pass, that's it―you're done. And if the moment does pass, it never goes that far. It stands in the distance, ready for whenever you want it back. Sometimes it's even there when you thought you were searching for something else, like an escape route, or your lover's face.
How does one talk about love? Do we even have the right words to describe something that can be both utterly mundane and completely transcendent, pulling us out of our everyday lives and making us feel a part of something greater than ourselves? Taking a unique approach to this problem, the nameless narrator of David Levithan's The Lover's Dictionary has constructed the story of his relationship as a dictionary. Through these short entries, he provides an intimate window into the great events and quotidian trifles of being within a couple, giving us an indelible and deeply moving portrait of love in our time.

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